Sunday, June 29, 2025

Mount Townsend via the Little Quilcene Trail

We drove to the Little Quilcene Trailhead to hike up to Mt Townsend in the eastern Olympic Mountains, 7 miles round trip with 2,200 ft of overall gain. Gorgeaous day with great views and beautiful wildflowers including Rhodedendrons in bloom off and on for the firts 3/4 mile.
After the trail comes out of the forest on the west side of Mt Townsend, we had great views of the nearby Olympic Peaks. class="separator" style="clear: both;">
After entering the Buckhorn Wilderness, as we headed up the North Peak of Mt Townsend, we could see Mt Baker, Mt Shuksan and Glacier Peak to the northeast.
zoom of Mt Baker
zoom of Mt Shuksan
zoom of Glacier Peak
Above: looking towards the top of Mt Townsend Below: from the top of Mt Townsend looking across Hood Canal and Puget Sound to Mt Baker, Mt Shuksan and Glacier Peak to the northeast
Above looking towards the southwest and views of Mt Rainier and hazy Mt Adams and Mt St Helens Below zoom of Mt Rainier
views as started back down the trail
some of the wildflowers we saw along the trail today:
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