• Location: Olympic Peninsula
  • Start Date: August 28, 2005
  • End Date: September 2, 2005
  • Major Drainage: Queets River
  • Est. Total Distance: 40 miles
  • Est. Elevation Gain: 1000 feet
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Summer Vacation

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Maple On The Queets
Maple On The Queets
Fog On The Queets
Roosevelt Elk
Creek On The Trail
Pelicans
Rialto Beach
Flight Of The Pelicans
Sunset At Rialto
Rialto Post-sunset
View From Kloochman
Owl Creek

I had a week off from work and spent it exploring some new places on the western side of the Olympics. First, I went 15 miles up the Queets - the road is washed out 6 miles prior to the trailhead, so I was roughly 9 miles up the trail. It started raining the first night and didn't slow the next day, so I hiked all the way out on day three, somewhat worried about the ford if the rain continued. But of course, as soon as I got out of the woods, the rain stopped. The next few days I spent doing some short day hikes, including Rialto Beach, Kloochman Rock, and the South Fork Hoh.