Hike It
Knowing the Way
Awakened & Aware Trails wind through landscapes, ecosystems, cultures and millennia. Spring is a beautiful time to deepen our knowledge of the places we go to get away from one thing while returning to another. The lands we visit are the homelands of Indigenous tribes of the Pacific Northwest, and better understanding the many moments that help shape these places can help us treat them with the respect they deserve. Knowing a trail’s full story — the human history, the geological and ecological layers, the names of the mountains and the names those names erased, the way the water flows — all of it can make a place come alive and ensure you don’t miss the forest for the trees.
44 Washington Trails / Spring 2022 / wta.org
