Elk Mountain Loop up at Observation Point might be my favorite hike of the summer on the Olympic Peninsula. This is doable from Port Angeles as a day trip or you could add on and make it a longer backpacking trip. First you have to get to the trailhead. This entails driving up Hurricane Ridge …
This is our second time hiking Little River Trail in Olympic National Park and it was just as magical. It’s such a quiet uncrowded trail in deep forest. It’s almost creepy in places since it’s so quiet and dense. We saw slugs, frogs, a little bird, mushrooms and plenty of green plants. I can’t identify …
Derek and I rode here in the early days of our current Port Angeles stay and liked the area enough to ride again. I like the varied terrain all in one trail system. This is not a heavily visited trail system…at least during the week. In our two visits we did not see anyone else, …
This trail isn’t new to us, we rode this section when we first arrived in Port Angeles but we liked it so much, we rode it again. Singletrack through the forest the whole way kept it cool enough on a hot summer day. We rode this as an out and back again, though we passed …
Deer Park Rd out of Port Angeles, part of Olympic Naitonal Park, is quite an adventure. Derek rode up it before it was open to cars for the season so we knew what to expect. After the pavement ends it’s 8 miles of narrow winding dirt road with a lot of blind corners and a …
Angeles Lake hike is a big hike. I knew my knees wouldn’t like all the descending so I picked a smaller hike and Derek hiked this. I dropped him off at the trailhead most of the way up Hurricane Ridge and he through hiked to the trailhead down by the Hurricane Ridge Ranger Station. The …
On our way to a short hike we stopped at Webster Woods Art Park in Port Angeles. We didn’t go inside the building, just walked around the trails in the woods next to it so we could see the outdoor art. There are a lot of sculptures hidden among the trees and ferns so you …
I know, I know, you’ve read posts about us riding the ODT before. But we’re breaking it into sections and this is a different one. This time we started at Lake Crescent and headed west on the paved path. The beauty is you can pick your distance…just turn around and head back. Our ride started …
Since we’re up in Port Angeles all summer we hope to be able to everything there is to do. On Trailforks App we saw the mutli-purpose Foothills Trails system that is close to town and checked them out. The Foothills Trails network is on Department of Natural Resources land and truly multi-purpose so you’ll need …
Deer Park is part of Olympic National Park and the road up is an adventure itself. It’s still closed to cars right now so Derek took the opportunity to ride to the top to check it out. I hiked the lower part. This road is a beast. It’s 8.5 miles up and 3820′ of climbing. …