A native Oregonian, Fred Barstad began hiking and climbing Oregon and Washington's mountains as a boy. He is an accomplished climber who has climbed extensively in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and Mexico. Other hiking guides to his credit are Hiking Hell's Canyon and Idaho's Seven Devils, Hiking Oregon's Eagle Cap Wilderness, Hiking Mount St. Helens, and Hiking the Goat Rocks Wilderness. He lives in Enterprise, Oregon.

• IntroductionHikes1) Mount Adams Region2) Indian Heaven Region3) Trapper Creek Wilderness and the Region near the Columbia River Gorge4) Lewis River-Cispus River Region