We drove up FSR 2510 to the Duckabush River Trail in the Eastern Olympics. We hiked up to Big Hump and back, 7.5 miles round trip with 1,800 ft of overall gain. Along the road we saw a herd of elk.
There were lots of small creeks along the way, some crossing over the trail.
Here are two of the creek crossings on the early part of the trail.
Small waterfall
A large split mossy boulder near the trail.
Near the top of Little Hump, the trail enters the Brothers Wilderness.
We saw this large patch of bright red Oregon Grape along the trail.
We had glimpses of nearby peaks through the trees.
The beautiful blue Duckabush River
View of St Peter's Dome from the switchbacks going up Big Hump
zoom of St Peter's Dome
weeping wall
View of St Peter's Dome to the west from a viewpoint part way up Big Hump
View to the east from the viewpoint
The clouds moved in as we continued up Big Hump
There isn't much of a view on the trail at the top of Big Hump, but it was pretty with the new dusting of snow.
Cloudy views as we hiked back down the trail.
Huge mossy covered exposed tree roots along a dry creek.
Another view of the Duckabush Riversome of the fungi we saw along the trail today:
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