NW Trails Columnist Craig Romano
OutdoorsNW Writer Spotlight
Photo at right: Craig Romano. Photo courtesy of Craig Romano
Raised in rural New Hampshire, Craig Romano, our NW Trails columnist, worked as a backcountry ranger for the White Mountain National Forest while studying Forestry in Northern New Hampshire.
He’s ridden his bike across the continent three times—and has biked in every state except Hawaii, and every Canadian province including the Yukon Territory. He has backpacked and hiked throughout North and South America and in Europe and Asia, and he worked several seasons as a hiking guide in the Pyrenees of France and Spain.
Craig began writing for OutdoorsNW magazine in 1999. He has written for over a dozen publications, numerous websites and tourism agencies. He has also written and co-written 12 books on hiking and outdoors in the Northwest. His book, “Columbia Highlands: Exploring Washington’s Last Frontier,” was awarded a Washington Reads Book in 2010 for its contribution to the State’s cultural history. And, he is currently working with Aaron Theisen on a Mount St. Helens hiking book.
Craig has lived in Washington State since 1989. He studied history and education at the University of Washington. He lives with his wife Heather and cats Giuseppe and Mazie in Skagit County, Wash.
(See our July/August Digital edition for his guidance on “Backpacking Olympic National Park’s Wild Wildcatter Coast.” You can find previous NW Trails columns at www.OutdoorsNW.com; search NW Trails.)
