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5 Places to Stay in Washington’s Wilderness

Allison Williams
Author: Allison Williams
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The view from Suncadia Resort

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Paradise Inn

Perhaps the loveliest example of classic national park architecture anywhere, the hotel has a massive great hall bookended by stone fireplaces and wildflower meadows just out the front door. mtrainierguestservices.com 

Suncadia Resort

Located just across Snoqualmie Pass from Seattle, the Cle Elum resort lures families with an ice-skating rink, rafting, and more golf holes than streetlights. suncadiaresort.com

Freestone Inn

Cross the North Cascades on Highway 20 and the first real sign of civilization on the east side is this wood-beamed retreat with an activity center and helicopter pad out back. freestoneinn.com

Sol Duc Hot Springs

The cabins are small, but the swimming pools are steaming hot, fed by underground springs near one of the most picturesque waterfalls in the Olympics. olympicnationalparks.com

 

Sleeping Lady Resort

Luxury cabins, a saltwater soaking pool, and a buffet fit for protein loading or carb rewarding are the ideal followup to a day playing in Leavenworth’s Alpine Lakes Wilderness. sleepinglady.com

Published in the 35 Outdoor Adventures issue of Seattle Met.




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Allison Williams
Allison Williams
Since joining Seattle Met in 2011, Allison Williams has overseen the magazine’s travel and outdoor coverage, including deep dives into Olympic National Park, the Columbia River, and a Burger King drive-thru in Canada. She edits the travel-focused blog Tripster and contributes service, news, interview, and narrative pieces to the magazine, including long-form features about mountain mysteries and puppies in prison. She’s earned awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and been nominated for a City and Regional Magazine award.  Allison was raised here in Olympia and studied writing at Duke University, Oxford University, Columbia Journalism School, and University of Alaska. She began her career in New York City in the newsrooms of Metro newspaper and Time Out New York, then hightailed it back to her native habitat so she could write guidebooks and climb mountains.