THREE HIKING SISTERS, we love to hike together, but we don't all live in the same state. Sometimes it is only two of us, and sometimes we hike with others. This is a record of some of our hikes.
Sunday, May 18, 2025
Duckabush Trail
We drove out on the Duckabush Road to the Duckabush Trailhead in Olympic National Forest on the eastern side of the Olympic Mountains. The Duckabush Trail is a long trail enterind Olympic National Park at 6.5 miles, then continues deep into the mountains to O'Neil Pass. We met some backpackers who told us they found the trail within Olympic National Park unmaintained and very overgrown. They made it about 8 miles from the trailhead before tiring of bushwacking. Our plan was a short day hike up to ledge on Big Hump and back, 6.2 miles round trip with 1,270 ft of overall gain. This is a lovely forest of tall trees, lots of moss, ferns and wildflowers. 
The rhodedendrons are beginning to bloom. There are several small streams, two easy water crossings.
The trail enters the Brothers Wilderness in a mile as it descends down from Little Hump and crosses the valley floor, eventually running besides the Duckabush River before climbing up Big Hump in a series of switchbacks, where there are some lovely large boulders.
Views from the ledge on Big Hump where we took a lunch break before returning to the trailhead.
some of the wildflowers and fungi seen along the trail today:
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