Anyone who has ever visited Olympic National Park’s Hurricane Ridge during the summer hiking season knows the delightful terrain and views that this alpine destination delivers.
Easily accessible, there are plenty of gentle high-country hiking trails on radiating ridges carpeted with swaying grasses and dazzling wildflowers.
And the breath-taking views are unparalleled: Gargantuan snow-cone Mount Baker hovering over Puget Sound, British Columbia’s charming capital Victoria perched across the shimmering waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, snow-capped emerald waves of wild Olympic Peaks fading into the southern horizon. Wow! It just doesn’t get any better than this, does it?
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