Exploring the Olympic National Forest in the Hood Canal area.

In this video I explored the Olympic National Forest in the Hood Canal area. I started out on the Mt Walker trail near Quilcene, Washington. Then I checked out the Quilcene National Fish Hatchery. I finished off in the Lake Cushman area where I hiked most of the way up to Mt. Ellinor.

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Those are some spectacular views! How close can you get by car?

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Well the upper trail head to Mt. Ellinor might have some descent views but when I was there there was still about a foot of snow just past the lower trail head. The trail itself is strenuous! (You need to be prepared when you are up there! Search and rescue showed up while I was there because someone got injured on the mountain.) The other issue is the first mile of the service road up to Mt. Ellinor after the turn off from lake Cushman had a lot of big pot holes. Everything else is fairly accessible by car!