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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 6, 2015 - 06:23pm PT
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curious if any climbers have done overnight hiking in the Olympics (Washington). Wondering what's a good trip for 2-5 days off from work
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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...Why not? They have curling and snowboarding...
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ryanb
climber
Hamilton, MT
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Tubelcain Mine Trail, Over Buckhorn Pass, Along the Ridge to Marmot Pass, Down to Boulder Shelter and Out the Dungenous then 2 miles back up the road to you're car.
Dodger Point, Ludden Peak and as far as you want into the bailey range. Then down the abandoned trail from the south side of dodger to the elwha and back to the car.
The high divide.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Paging Reilly...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Did somebody say wet or Olympics? The Bailey Range Traverse is the supposed premier
high route but it can be a conga line. If you're adventurous you can do any number of others
especially if you have two cars. You ain't seen rain til you've slogged out of one of the west
side valleys. If you're a Cali girl you might want to stick to the NE corner as it is definitely
drier, but that is still relative. If you want solitude now that the Dosewallips road is out Mt
Constance sees far fewer people. I'm sure the Park Service's decision not to fix the road was
made in order to let Lake Constance heal.
Editorial note: Will someone please repeat my routes on Constance so I can have someone
to talk to? They don't need much gear.
ps
just Google Olympic Mts high route(s) - you get slightly different results with or without the 's'.
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perswig
climber
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Will someone please repeat my routes on Constance so I can have someone
to talk to?
(chuckle)
Dale
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KabalaArch
Trad climber
Starlite, California
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Waay back @ skool I quess we needed to rent a backpack or someother type gear. In one of its pockets was a forgotten copy of the Climber's Guide to the Olympic Range, and it's still on our bookshelf as booty.
Bit out of the way from here, but def looks cool!
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BirdDog44
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Plenty of great 2-5 day backpacks in the Olympics. Royal Basin and High Divide/Seven Lakes loop are two of the best 2-3 day trips; both require advance backcountry permits. If you do the high divide, get a permit for the "silver snag" campsite; best around! Skyline Trial/North Fork Quinault loop is an awesome 50 mile loop. Route finding on the Skyline trail can be a bit iffy in places, not really a big deal though. Hoh River trail to Mt Olympus is a great hike through old growth rain forest. Bring your Gore-Tex; it's called a rain for forest for a reason.
Check out nwhikers.net and/or wta.org for more info. Both sites are more hiking oriented than climbing. Check Olympic National Park website for permit info etc...
Enjoy!
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Hardly Visible
Social climber
Llatikcuf WA
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Why would anyone want to? It's a jungle out there.
Very low snow pack this year, but if you do find your way out here anytime between may and July here's a good one.
Start at olympic hot springs trailhead hike to boulder lake on good trail. From there follow good elk trails crosscountry past three horse, blue and mud lakes then either over the top (class2) or around (to the west) of mount Appleton to Appleton pass. Follow good trail from there back to olympic hot springs trailhead taking a dip on yer way past.
Easy alpine and sub alpine cross-country travel, whole trip less than 20 miles with most of it on good hiking trail, lots of flowers in season and it starts and finishes at the same spot. Attempt only in good weather or there's an increasing chance of yer body not being found.
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gimmeslack
Trad climber
VA
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Any of the high trails doable in late April to early May? Would love to get up there for a couple of night's loop.
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splitclimber
climber
Sonoma County
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high peaks is an awesome loop
royal lakes basin is really good too, but an out and back
sand point to the beach is a good out and back too
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ddriver
Trad climber
SLC, UT
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Many years ago I hiked up the Hoh and came out the Soleduc in two or three nights. Super trip but required some hitching to get to the Hoh trail head. Exit from Soleduc was easier but don't remember how I did it.
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lars johansen
Trad climber
West Marin, CA
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Dosewallips to Honeymoon Meadows...climb Mt Anderson. Or..come at it from Lake Quinault via the Enchanted Valley. Have fun!
lars
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