Hiking Olympic National Park : a guide to the national park's greatest hiking adventures

480 Pages·2008·15.89 MB·English

by  Erik Molvar

Hiking Olympic National Park
A Guide to the Park’s Greatest Hiking Adventures
Second Edition
Erik Molvar
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Molvar, Erik.
Hiking Olympic National Park : a guide to the national park’s greatest hiking
adventures / Erik Molvar. -- 2nd ed.
p. cm.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7627-9742-4
1. Hiking--Washington (State)--Olympic National Park--Guidebooks. 2.
Trails--Washington (State)--Olympic National Park--Guidebooks. 3.
Olympic National Park (Wash.)--Guidebooks. I. Title.
GV199.42.W22O496 2008
GV199.42.W22O496 2008
796.5’10979798--dc22
2007049925
The author and The Globe Pequot Press assume no liability for accidents
happening to, or injuries sustained by, readers who engage in the activities
described in this book.
Contents
Title Page
Copyright
Overview Map
USGS Quad Map
Acknowledgments
Introduction
How to Use This Guide
Planning Your Trip
A Few Words of Caution
Zero-Impact Hiking and Camping
Map Legend
Sol Duc–Lake Crescent
1 Pyramid Peak Trail
2 The Spruce Railroad Trail
3 Mount Storm King
4 Mount Muller
5 Aurora Ridge
6 The North Fork of the Sol Duc
7 Mink Lake–Little Divide
8 The High Divide Loop
Additional Trails
Elwha River–Hurricane Ridge
9 The Happy Lake Ridge Loop
10 Appleton Pass
11 The Elwha River
12 The Geyser Valley Complex
13 Dodger Point
14 Hayden Pass
15 Hurricane Ridge Loops
16 Hurricane Hill
17 The Klahhane Ridge Loop
18 Mount Angeles
19 PJ Lake
Additional Trails
The Rainshadow
20 Elk Mountain
21 Badger Valley
22 Grand Valley
23 Cameron Pass
24 The Gray Wolf River
25 The Upper Dungeness Trail
26 The Royal Basin
27 The Tubal Cain Trail
28 Marmot Pass
29 Mount Townsend–Silver Lake
30 Tunnel Creek
Additional Trails
The Hood Canal Country
31 The Dosewallips River
32 Anderson Pass
33 Constance Pass
34 Lake Constance
35 Lacrosse Pass
36 Jupiter Ridge
37 The Duckabush River
38 Lena Lakes
39 Mildred Lakes
40 Mount Ellinor
41 Mount Rose
42 Wagonwheel Lake
43 The North Fork of the Skokomish
44 Flapjack Lakes
45 Six Ridge
Additional Trails
The Western Approaches
46 Colonel Bob
47 Lake Sundown
48 Enchanted Valley
49 O’Neil Pass
50 The North Fork of the Quinault
51 The Skyline Trail
52 The Queets River
53 The South Fork of the Hoh River
54 The Hoh River
55 Hoh Lake
56 The Bogachiel River
57 Rugged Ridge
Additional Trails
The Olympic Coastline
58 Elephant Rock
59 The Kalaloch Beaches
60 The South Wilderness Coast
61 The Quillayute Needles (Second Beach)
62 The Shipwreck Coast
63 The Ozette Loop
64 Point of the Arches
65 Shi Shi Beach
66 Cape Flattery
Additional Trails
Appendix A Extended Trips
Appendix B Backcountry Camping Areas in Olympic National Park
Appendix C Backcountry Camping Areas in Olympic National Forest
Appendix D Backcountry Camping Areas on the Olympic Coastline
Appendix E Useful Addresses
About the Author