Olympic National Park is one of the most diverse and logistically complex national parks in the United States and figuring out how to structure your time here can feel overwhelming. This Olympic National Park itinerary combines the best of the park into one easy-to-plan trip, and we’re sharing it from experience. We spent four days […]
Olympic National Park offers some of the most diverse hiking in the United States. Where else can you hike through a moss-covered temperate rainforest in the morning, walk along a wild Pacific coastline in the afternoon, and look out over glacier-capped mountain peaks from an alpine ridge? We spent four days in Olympic National Park, […]
Discover the best things to do in Olympic National Park, from Hurricane Ridge to the amazing Hoh Rainforest to the wild and rugged Pacific coast. Olympic National Park might be the most diverse national park in the United States. In a single visit, you can stand on a windswept alpine ridge looking out over snowcapped […]
The Staircase Rapids Loop is an underrated trail in Olympic National Park. On this short, easy hike, you will walk along the North Fork of the Skokomish River, through a temperate rainforest, with views of waterfalls and rapids. Just under 3 miles long, this trail loops up and around Staircase Rapids. With waterfalls, dense forests, […]
Not every hike makes you work for the view, but the ones that do are always the most memorable. The Klahhane Ridge Trail to Mount Angeles is that kind of hike. The Klahhane Ridge Trail to Mount Angeles was the very first hike we did in Olympic National Park, and it ended up being our […]
Mount Storm King earns its dramatic name. This short but relentlessly steep trail in Olympic National Park climbs over 2,000 feet in just over two miles, ending with a rope-assisted scramble to a rocky outcropping with sweeping views over the impossibly blue waters of Lake Crescent. We hiked this in July on a clear summer […]