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| Over the snow |
Today's hike took us to the Hurricane Ridge section of Olympic National Park, whose trails take you up on ridges that display the mountains and their meadows. The first hike was the Cirque Rim trail to the High Ridge Trail via Sunrise Point, about a 1.5 mile loop. The first part of that trail was snow covered in areas, and we had to tread carefully on the slippery snowpack. As there are all around this area of the park, there were spectacular views of the mountains as we hiked.
We stopped for lunch and then headed out to the 3.2 mile round trip Hurricane Hill trail. This trail climbs for 1.6 miles to panoramic views of the snow capped mountains, and unbelievable flower meadows. Both sides of the trail were blanketed in columbia lily, lupine, larkspur, avalanche lilies, scarlet and magenta paintbrush, glacier lilies, hawkweed and more. It truly looked like God's garden.
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| A riot of color |
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| Lupine on the trail |
At the top of the trail we encountered lots of deer and a couple of groups of mountain goats. We took our time both going up, and coming down, to savor the experience. So beautiful!
After our hike, we drove back down to Port Angeles, filled the gas tank, and picked up some food at Walmart for dinner. We couldn't wait to have a cold beer!
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