PACKWOOD, Wash. — Forty-six years ago, when updating its recreation maps, the Forest Service chose Packwood Lake for the photograph epitomizing the backcountry beauty of the Gifford Pinchot National ...

Packwood Lake with Agnes Island in the foreground and Johnson Peak in the Goat Rocks Wilderness in background. The U.S. Forest Service prohibits access to Agnes Island. The (Vancouver, Wash.) ...

There’s been a lot of snow in the mountains this year, so mountain hiking will get a late start. One good solution for a jump start: the pretty Yakima County backcountry, east of the Cascades, where ...

Access to Agnes Island in Packwood Lake is prohibited. Jhnson Peak in the Goat Rocks Wilderness looms in the background. PACKWOOD, Wash. — Forty-six years ago, when updating its recreation maps, the ...

Forty years ago, a group from a Yakima church went on camping trip to Packwood Lake and came home with an unforgettable experience. The hikers from Englewood Christian Church had an almost ringside ...

Doug Lorain, Oregon's backpacking author extraordinaire, lists these loops among his favorite long weekend trips. Look for details (including the Broken Top loop) in his many backpacking books, ...