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canyonwalker) wrote2021-09-05 06:25 pm
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Views from Mt. Walker
Olympic Peninsula Travelog #5
Quilcene, WA - Fri, 3 Sep 2021. 6pm.
After hiking Rocky Brook Falls this afternoon, our third waterfall hike of the day, we tried hiking a fourth, at Fallsview Camp, but it was too hard to find. We gave up and decided to hike a peak instead. Well, as it was late in the day it wasn't so much climb a peak as drive to the top and hike around a bit. Mt. Walker was nearby and offered mostly drive-to views.
From Mt. Walker's south peak we could see best to the south and east. The sky wasn't very clear— it has been clouding up all day— but I could just make out downtown Seattle... 28 miles away. A sign said Mt. Rainier would be visible on a clear day. Today's not a clear day.
The north peak of Mt. Walker provided views to the north and west. These were of closer peaks so they were easier to see. In the pic above are Mt. Constance, one of the tallest peaks in Olympic National Park, and the Warrior Peaks.
Quilcene, WA - Fri, 3 Sep 2021. 6pm.
After hiking Rocky Brook Falls this afternoon, our third waterfall hike of the day, we tried hiking a fourth, at Fallsview Camp, but it was too hard to find. We gave up and decided to hike a peak instead. Well, as it was late in the day it wasn't so much climb a peak as drive to the top and hike around a bit. Mt. Walker was nearby and offered mostly drive-to views.
From Mt. Walker's south peak we could see best to the south and east. The sky wasn't very clear— it has been clouding up all day— but I could just make out downtown Seattle... 28 miles away. A sign said Mt. Rainier would be visible on a clear day. Today's not a clear day.
The north peak of Mt. Walker provided views to the north and west. These were of closer peaks so they were easier to see. In the pic above are Mt. Constance, one of the tallest peaks in Olympic National Park, and the Warrior Peaks.