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Hoh Valley to Blue Glacier

  • Start date: 08/22/2022

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 08/26/2022

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

This Olympic National park backpack trip will include lush rainforest, the Hoh River, alpine meadows, lakes, jaw dropping views, and the stunning Blue Glacier, one of the largest glaciers arising from Mount Olympus. We will negotiate one river crossing and several small stream crossings. We will meet at 10:00 am at the Hoh River trailhead on Aug 22.
Day 1 backpack 5.2 miles to Happy Four camping area - minimal elevation gain - plus optional day hikes
Day 2 backpack 6 miles to Lewis Meadow camping area - little elevation gain
Day 3 backpack 4.2 miles to Elk Lake - 1670 ft elevation gain PLUS day hike to Blue Glacier 6 miles Round trip with 1700 ft elev gain
Day 4 backpack 12 miles to Tom Creek camping area - 1670 elevation decline
Day 5 backpack 3 miles to trailhead - minimal elevation change Overnight plans before or after the trip are for you to plan. All participants must be approved by the trip leader. Please call trip leader to secure your spot on the trip. 541-736-7498
Cost
$33 per person for back country camp sites - payment due to me to reserve your spot on the trip and only refundable if someone else takes your place
Park entrance fee or Senior Pass - payable when you enter the park
Obsidians Club trip fees - $2 for members... $10 for non members - due on Aug 22
Overnight costs before or after the trip - according to whatever arrangements you make for yourself
Optional trip extension: I expect to explore more of the park after the backpack trip and am inviting you to stay longer for that. My plan is to either do another shorter backpack trip along the coast and / or stay in a campground and do day hikes. Please let me know if you are interested in extending your stay, too. This part of the trip will be exploratory

  • Event Leader: Lipton Becky

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Mountain

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating: Difficult

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 375

  • Season: 2022

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Backpack gear, clothing, food for your trip, water purification system.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 37

  • Member Fees: 2

  • Elevation Gain: 4375

  • Non-Member Fees: 10

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Backpacking Olympic National Park is truly a treasure, walking among massive trees 7 - 9 ft in diameter.. some over 10 ft in diameter even 8 miles up the Hoh River trail! The awe of experiencing almost a thousand years of undisturbed growth. Imagining what it was like 150 years ago when most of the west coast was covered in these giants. Our adventures included negotiating numerous stream crossings and a very long floppy ladder down an avalanche chute, seeing bizillions of tiny new frogs just emerged from tadpolehood, discovering a nest of a dozen eggs at one of our campsites and hanging out at the humongous Blue Glacier coming off Mt Olympus.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 6
  • Number of spots available: 0
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Lipton, Becky 541-736-7498 N 2
2 Signed-Up Sojak, Darko 541-799-9199 N 2
3 Signed-Up Ruzicka, Angie 541-521-6840 N 2
4 Signed-Up Bordas, Ally 714-342-0095 N 10
5 Signed-Up Kelly, Michael 425-417-1655 N 10
6 Signed-Up Davidson-Ruby, Kim 541-729-4842 N 2
7 Signed-Up Carpenter, Kathie 541-505-2370 N 2
8 Signed-Up Myers, Michael 541-579-4733 N 2
9 Signed-Up Gomez, Consuelo 713-366-1199 N 10
10 Signed-Up Holbrook, Hollye 503-756-0288 N 10
11 Signed-Up Tsyrkun, Olya 541-912-7742 N 10
12 Signed-Up Friedland, Sharon 541-505-0971 N 2
13 Signed-Up Leng, Jane 541-232-3239 N 2
14 Signed-Up Cuevas, Lorraine 509-904-5222 N 2
15 Signed-Up Fries, Irene 406-565-0299 N 2
16 Waitlist Adey, Steve 541-520-9285 N 2