Hurricane Hill — Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025

This is definitely a "front country" trail, paved all the way to the top. I had not been up this way since ONP repaved and improved the trail a few years ago. Lots of people on the trail today, despite the intermittent views due to fog and clouds. While the tread of this paved path is very smooth, it has some quite steep sections. It's a good hike to take visitors on if you visit Hurricane Ridge, which is what we were doing on this hike. There used to be some nice options on this route, such as heading down the Wolf Creek trail or descending from the top to the Elwha River valley, but since the road into the Elwha washed out years ago, it makes for a very long trek to come out the Elwha on old road grade. I wish the Park Service and the Elwha Tribe could reach some agreement on rerouting the road to Whiskey Bend, but even if they did there would not be any funding to complete the project.