Hurricane Ridge

Location Description

54 photos

Mom at Hurricane Ridge.
Mountains visible from Hurricane Ridge.
Left the lavender and entered Olympic National Park and...
The lupine were past their peak
Views from just about everywhere of snow traced peaks. ...
Looking out at more mountains.
No signs of the pine bark beetle here, unlike Colorado.
Mom with the mountains.
The previous photos were taken from the trail visible on...
Looking out across the Strait of San Juan de Fuca,...
Faraway mountains and closeup flowers.
Given that our plan was to look at lavender in fields...
I do like that Washington has lupines, even if they...
Looking towards the High Ridge Trail offshoot to Sunrise...
We did some mild hiking / walking. Perfect temps
Pretty sure that is Strait of San Juan de Fuca which...
Another group photo. It had gotten downright warm!
Ski patrol cabin near the top of what didn't appear to...
Ski patrol building. Hmm. Seems like there should be a...
Aha. It was interesting to see absolutely no...
This plant was not blooming the way we saw at the top of...
Looking down at the Visitor Center and across at the...
And again, towards Canada.
I believe that is Mt Angeles.
The main canyon on the right is, I believe, where the...
From the top of Sunrise Point. With giant fly (the bugs...
Surrounding mountains.
At Sunrise Point.
Note to self: do not step back.
The photo of the High Ridge Trail was taken from just...
I tried to get some photos of these maps and then what...
And here's the right side of the view. Blue Mountain is...
Mt Angeles and Rocky Peak (left side of the map).
Middle of the map.
Mom celebrates the beauty around us.
Catherine pointing at where she had just been.
Mom pointing where we were headed.
More of the same
This was about the extent of the wildlife seen at...
More photo maps.
I think there were people blocking my ability to get...
Right side - Mt Fitzhenry, Mt Carrie, etc.
Middle, with the Elwha River valley.
Left, Lillian River valley.
Now with lens flare!
One last shot of fake-looking faraway mountains.
Aw. Cute.
This is looking up a valley which has a trail going up,...
Looking up the canyon at the Switchback Trail head.
Actually, some of us washed our feet off.
... while others took pretty pictures.
An explanatory sign partway down the mountain.
Can you see all that was pointed out?
Left side.