Obstruction Point Road Snowshoe

Drove up to Hurricane Ridge at Olympic National Park today to sign in for our snowshoe hike along Obstruction Point Road. Panoramic view at Hurricane Ridge, we could see the storm head our way.

The small parking area is located back down the road a ways, then snowshoe back up the side of the road towards Obstruction Point Road. Panoramic view from the parking area.

Zoom shot of one of the volcanoes across Puget Sound.

The steepest section is from the Hurricane Ridge Road down to Obstruction Point Road. Obstruction Point Road is 8 miles long. We were hoping to snowshoe out for 4 miles and then return for an 8 mile hike, but as the storm rolled in, we decided to turn around after 2 miles, making this a 4 mile outing. We estimated that we had about 900 ft of overall elevation gain along the way.

 View of Hurricane Ridge through the trees.

 We had some nice views of the Olympic Mountains at the beginning of our trip.

Wide angle shot at one of the open areas along the road.

 Heading towards Steeple Rock

 Soon our distance views were obscured by the clouds

 Looking back at Steeple Rock after we had passed it. As the storm came upon us, we decided to head back.

 Even with the decreased visibility, the snowshoe trek was beautiful with the snow covered trees and landscape.