Description
Book SynopsisExplore the best of the Olympic Peninsula with 73 incredible hikes in and around Olympic National Park, including Hurricane Ridge, the Elwha River, the Hoh Rain Forest, and Hood Canal. Featuring the lush rainforests, mountain vistas, waterfalls, and wild ocean beaches, each trail is rated from easy to extreme, giving first-time or veteran hikers the variety they want, as well as topographical maps, trail descriptions, and more. Includes complete information for 73 great day hikes, including:
• Dungeness Spit
• Elwha Loop
• Green Mountain
• Lena Lake
• Marmot Pass
• Olympic Hot Springs
• Kalaloch Beach
• Three Forks
• and more!
The Day Hike! series of full-color hiking guides was written for people who want to spend their days in the mountains and their nights at home. Other titles in the Day Hike! series include:
Day Hike! Central Cascades
Day Hike! North Cascades
Day Hike! Mount Rainier
Day Hike! Inland Northwest: Spokane, Coeur d’Alene, and Sandpoint
Trade Review"[Most guidebooks are by] backpackers who occasionally day hike. But most people are day-hikers, who occasionally backpack. And that's the key difference to this series."
—Ron C. Judd
"The series...earns points for rating each individual trip on a five-scale and for providing a comparative overview of all hikes in each book's introductory pages. For those of us who like to cherry-pick trails, ratings simplify our task."
—Seattle Times"The presentation of basic facts (distance, elevation gain, maps, permits, etc.) is excellent and easy to follow. In addition to helpful topographical maps, the guides feature elevation profiles - an inspired addition!"
—The Olympian"The Day Hike! series, published by Sasquatch Books is my favorite resource for finding a great hike to do with my girlfriends or family. The hikes are listed by location, with an overall rating, a rating for difficulty, the elevation gain, hike distance, best season and approximate hiking time. With colorful pictures and fun maps, even my six year old son loves looking at these books"
—Northwest Healthy Mama
Table of ContentsCONTENTS
Overview Map
Hikes at a Glance
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
The Olympic Peninsula
Using This Guide
Be Careful
Kitsap Peninsula
1. Green Mountain via Wildcat Trail
2. Green Mountain via Gold Creek Trail
Skokomish Rivers
1. Lower Skokomish River
2. Big Creek Loop
3. Dry Creek Trail
4. Mount Ellinor
5. Mount Rose
6. Silver Snag Hill, Wagonwheel Lake
7. Spike Camp
8. Four Stream
Hamma Hamma River
1. Lena Lake
2. Lake of the Angels
3. Mildred Lakes
Duckabush River
1. Jupiter Ridge
2. Big Hump
Dosewallips River
1. Tunnel Creek, Dosewallips
2. Lake Constance
3. Dosewallips Campground
Quilcene River
1. Mount Walker
2. Tunnel Creek, Quilcene
3. Lower Big Quilcene Trail
4. Marmot Pass
5. Mount Townsend
6. Silver Lakes
Dungeness River
1. Gray Wolf Trail
2. Tubal Cain Mine
3. Camp Handy
4. Royal Lake
5. Maynard Burn
6. Lower Dungeness Trail
7. Dungeness Spit
The High Country
1. Roaring Winds, Deer Park
2. Three Forks
3. Heather Park–Lake Angeles Loop
4. Klahhane Ridge
5. Mount Angeles Saddle
6. Hurricane Hill
7. PJ Lake
8. Moose Lake
9. Roaring Winds, Obstruction Point
Elwha River
1. Olympic Discovery Trail
2. Mills Lakebed
3. Wolf Creek
4. Elwha Loop
5. Lillian River
6. Aldwell Lakebed
7. Happy Lake
8. Olympic Hot Springs
9. Boulder Lake
10. Boulder Falls
Lake Crescent
1. Spruce Railroad Trail
2. Pyramid Mountain
3. Storm King
Sol Duc River
1. North Fork Sol Duc
2. Mink Lake Meadows
3. Little Divide Loop
4. Potholes Meadows
5. Upper Sol Duc Campsite
6. High Divide Loop
Coastal Rivers
1. Bogachiel Ranger Station
2. Happy Four Shelter
3. Big Flat
Olympic Beaches
1. Cape Alava Loop
2. Hole-in-the-Wall
3. Second Beach
4. Third Beach
5. Kalaloch North
6. Kalaloch South
Quinault River
1. Colonel Bob
2. Big Creek
3. Halfway House
4. Pony Bridge
5. Low Divide–Elwha
Beyond the Trails
Index
