Acronyms
Where in WA?
Plants and Animals
Recreation Sports
Natural Phenomenon
100

UW 

What is University of Washington?

100

The tallest volcano in the WA Cascade range.


What is Mt. Rainier?

100

The only big cat that lives in North America.

What is a mountain lion?

100

A bipedal activity done in the woods. 

What is hiking?

100

A large slide of snow from a mountain side.

What is an avalanche?

200

ORD

What is Outdoor Recreation & Data?

200

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?

200

An omnivorous animal that is sometimes black, like it's name suggests, but sometimes not.

What is a black bear?

200
A bipedal rec sport that occurs on trails, at high speeds.

What is trail running?

200

Frozen precipitation that comes down in small balls.

What is hail?
300

WTA

What is Washington Trials Association?

300

The largest island in Washington State.

Where is Whidbey Island?

300

A large, white herbivore with pointy horns.

What is a mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus)?

300

A type of recreation that requires a trailer and hay.

What is equestrian/horseback/stock?

300

Occurring in the Spring, usually resulting in river swell.

What is snow melt?
400

IR

What is an infrared?

400

Known to some as the Salish Sea.

What is the Puget Sound?

400

A classic purple flowering plant of the subalpine meadows. 

What is subalpine lupine?

400

A non-motorized 2 wheeled activity permitted on some trails.

What is mountain biking?

400

By-products from a wildfire that often impact recreation, sometimes far from the source.

What is smoke?

500

PUD

What is Photo User Day?

500

A WA peninsula mountain named for another more famous mountain in the Mediterranean.

What is the Mt. Olympus?

500

A tree that produces cones with little bracts that stick out from the cone scales. 

What is the Douglas Fir (Psuedotsuga menziesii)?

500

A sport which requires hiking to get to the activity destination but the community calls it "an approach". 

What is rock climbing or climbing?

500

Long, narrow movements of water vapor in the air.

What is an atmospheric river?