Acronyms
UW
What is University of Washington?
The tallest volcano in the WA Cascade range.
What is Mt. Rainier?
The only big cat that lives in North America.
What is a mountain lion?
A bipedal activity done in the woods.
What is hiking?
A large slide of snow from a mountain side.
What is an avalanche?
ORD
What is Outdoor Recreation & Data?
The largest river in the Pacific North West region. Famous for creating breath-taking geologic features and hosting several species of salmon.
What is the Columbia River?
An omnivorous animal that is sometimes black, like it's name suggests, but sometimes not.
What is a black bear?
What is trail running?
Frozen precipitation that comes down in small balls.
WTA
What is Washington Trials Association?
The largest island in Washington State.
Where is Whidbey Island?
A large, white herbivore with pointy horns.
What is a mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus)?
A type of recreation that requires a trailer and hay.
What is equestrian/horseback/stock?
Occurring in the Spring, usually resulting in river swell.
IR
What is an infrared?
Known to some as the Salish Sea.
What is the Puget Sound?
A classic purple flowering plant of the subalpine meadows.
What is subalpine lupine?
A non-motorized 2 wheeled activity permitted on some trails.
What is mountain biking?
By-products from a wildfire that often impact recreation, sometimes far from the source.
What is smoke?
PUD
What is Photo User Day?
A WA peninsula mountain named for another more famous mountain in the Mediterranean.
What is the Mt. Olympus?
A tree that produces cones with little bracts that stick out from the cone scales.
What is the Douglas Fir (Psuedotsuga menziesii)?
A sport which requires hiking to get to the activity destination but the community calls it "an approach".
What is rock climbing or climbing?
Long, narrow movements of water vapor in the air.