We drove up to Hurricane Ridge at Olympic National Park to snowshoe today. There weren't very many people for a nice partially sunny Sunday. We decided to snowshoe along Hurricane Hill Road as the avalanche risk was considerable today. There were nice tracks along the closed road to follow.
View towards Hurricane Hill
Lots of fresh snow the "smaller" trees are almost covered in snow.
Our views changed with the clouds moving around.
From the end of the Hurricane Hill Road we continued up the first hill on the ridge.
Mount Angeles from the hill on the ridge.
zoom of Mount Angeles and Klahhanne Ridge
We had a lovely lunch break up on the ridge with very little wind and a raven watching us.
zoom of the raven
some distant peaks to the west
zoom of those peaks
We decided to go off "trail" and enjoy the fresh snow in the forest, being careful of potential tree wells and steep slopes.
View to the southwest
Looking back towards Hurricane Hill
We did not come down through these covered trees, but worked our way back around to a safe route to Hurricane Hill Road
We enjoyed snowshoeing in this winter wonderland today!
View back at the main parking area.
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