Hurricane Hill — Friday, Aug. 10, 2007

Olympic Peninsula > Northern Coast

From the bus dropoff at the Elwha road it's four miles to the Hurricane Hill trailhead, four more to the treeline, and just a bit further to the picnic rocks overlooking the Elwha valley. AT this point I decided to make a through hike of it and proceeded along the ridge crest to the jct with the Hurricane Hill summit trail, then on to the visitor center for veggie burgers and flax cakes. The way out is along the Sunrise Point trail to the switchback trail and the Heather Park/Lake Angeles junction, marked by a beautiful mountain goat with an unbelievably ugly radio tracking collar. The stretch of the Heather Park trail between the junction and Heather Pass is one of my favorites in the Olympics. Called a taxi from the trailhead, 23 miles from the start at the Elwha Road.