Duckabush River, Upper Duckabush & North Fork Skokomish River — Tuesday, Jul. 15, 2025

This was an out and back overnight to Upper Duckabush camp with a side trip to First Divide. Duckabush trail to the park boundary was in great shape thanks to the frequent WTA work parties on this section. After the park boundary, the trail was quite overgrown in many sections, particularly from about MP 8-10. For the most part it is salmonberry, huckleberry,and blueberry; though there are sections with head-height or greater trees growing directly in the tread...it will be disappearing soon! Blowdowns in that section are infrequent, seems like there has been some clearing. From MP 10-16, there are more frequent blow downs, but nothing impassable. Prior to the Upper Duckabush camp there is again a long stretch of really overgrown trail (shrubs). The North Fork Skokomish trail from Upper Duckabush to First Divide was in decent shape, some shrubby overgrowth but the tread was holding up well. The flowers at Home Sweet Home were abundant, and the bugs were not too bad overall. Great forest hike except for the bushwacking - pants are better for this one!