Mt Ellinor Fall Hike

 A beautiful fall day with mostly sunny skies, we headed out to the Olympic Peninsula to hike up Mt Ellinor. We choose to do the "shorter" hike, starting at the upper trailhead. This is a 3.2 mile hike with 2,500 ft elevation gain.
The first part of the hike is in the woods, it starts steep and continues steep the entire way up.

 Plenty of places to stop and admire the view on the way up (and back down). Here we can see the parking area of the upper trailhead, Hoods Canal, Lake Cushman, Mt Rainier, Mt Adams and Mt St Helens.

The trail continues up out of the forest, crossing an avalanche scree.

We saw some beautiful fall colors.

Looking up at the top of Mt Ellinor, almost there.

Panorama from the top looking East (north to south). We could see Mt Baker, Mt Washington (near peak), Glacier Peak, Mt Rainier, Mt Adams, Mt St Helens, downtown Seattle, Hoods Canal, Puget Sound, Lake Cushman

zoom of Mt Baker

zoom of Glacier Peak

Panorama looking West (south to north) The Olympic Mountains.

zoom of Mt Olympus

 I made it up the rocky top of Mt Ellinor!

 and was grateful for the encouragement and help getting down!

We spent an hour on the summit enjoying the views and the beautiful day. Along with a few cute rodents.