Lower Dungeness River Hike in Washington

Nice low altitude conditioning hike to take in Spring time in the Olympic National Forest

We hiked about 12.6 miles round trip with 2000 ft elevation gain. 

he trail had some nice wooden bridges and walkways, but they were more slippery than the slightly muddy trail. There were many small creeks and waterfalls along the trail.

in the first two miles we climbed up 1000 ft, the clouds parted and we saw Iron Mtn in the distance

 we hiked down about 500 ft to the Dungeness River and followed the river to the upper Dungeness River trail head with more ups and downs, along this beautiful river

 And there were some early wildflowers in bloom.