Becky Ohlsen is an outdoor adventurer, travel writer, and part-time nomad who moved to Portland in 1995. She is also the author of Walking Portland and coauthor of Best Tent Camping: Oregon and One Night Wilderness: Portland. She has written dozens of travel guidebooks, covering destinations including Oregon and Washington. In summer, she spends much of her time exploring the outdoors firsthand, bringing deep field experience to her writing.

Douglas Lorain has explored the Pacific Northwest since 1969 and has hiked more than 30,000 miles throughout the region, along with many thousands more in other western states and Canadian provinces. His extensive backpacking experience informs his work on trails across the American Northwest. He is the author of several guidebooks, including Backpacking Idaho, Backpacking Washington, Backpacking Wyoming, and One Best Hike: Mount Rainier's Wonderland Trail. Douglas is also a photographer and a recipient of the National Outdoor Book Award.