Trip Details:

• Price: $500 per hiker per day or $1,500 total per person

• Trip Duration: 3 days, 2 nights in Olympic National Park

• Mileage: 15.3 miles (total one-way)

• Elevation gain/loss: +1126' gain, -1143' loss

• Activity Rating (1-5): 2 - Moderate due to some occasional challenging terrain in rugged and rocky sections in tide critical areas.

Trip Summary:

The northernmost section of the Olympic Wilderness Coast between Shi Shi and Ozette features some of the most breathtaking terrain, trails, and vistas along the entire Pacific Coast. After a 2-hour drive from Port Angeles, enjoy a relaxed 4.3 mile hike to Point of the Arches at Shi Shi Beach. This sets us up the following morning to manage a 5.5 mile trek through all of the tide critical areas between Point of the Arches and the Ozette River. Enjoy a carefully paced coastal obstacle course of tidepools, overland trails, and sandy coastlines. On exit day starts with a fun educational opportunity to safely ford the Ozette River before making our 5.6 mile exit day trek back to the Ozette Ranger Station. Along the way, we will pass by the westernmost point in the lower 48 USA at Cape Alava.

Trip Details:

• Price: $400 per hiker per day or $2,000 total per person

• Trip Duration: 5 days, 4 nights in Olympic National Park

• Mileage:

  • Required: 29.68 miles to Elk Lake (total out/back)

  • Optional: 3 mile one-way, +2,747 gain day hike to Blue Glacier (6 miles RT)

• Elevation gain/loss: +2,755' feet / -751’ feet (one-way to Elk Lake)

• Activity Rating (1-5): 3 - Moderate due to 25+ miles of backpacking, decent elevation gain, and trip duration.

Trip Summary:

This backpacking trip along the Hoh River Trail immerses our group into stunning, ancient old-growth rain forests in the Hoh River Valley, the largest rain forest in the contiguous USA. The first 10 miles provide a gentle grade deep into the Olympic National Park backcountry. The next 5 miles feature steady, but manageable elevation gain near the subalpine at Elk Lake. For those looking for extra mileage and an adventure, our guides will lead an optional sunrise day hike (6 miles roundtrip) to the Blue Glacier moraine featuring a stunning view of Mount Olympus. Sitting at 7,980 feet, Mount Olympus is Olympic National Park’s tallest mountain and Blue Glacier as its largest glacier. After packing up our basecamp, our group will decline back down into the river valley for a final night of backcountry camp and a gentle 5 mile exit day.

Trip Details:

• Price: $450 per hiker per day or $1,800 total per person

• Trip Duration: 4 days, 3 nights in Olympic National Park

• Mileage: 26.2 miles (total out/back)

• Elevation gain/loss: +5,223 feet / -6,540 feet

• Activity Rating (1-5): 3 - Challenging due to 26+ miles of backpacking and sharp elevation gain and loss.

Trip Summary:

The 26-mile through-hike from the Sol Duc into the Hoh Rain Forest, features some of the most sought-after interior views and solitude within Olympic National Park. Starting from the Sol Duc Trailhead, our group will begin the backpacking journey with a quick hike to Sol Duc Falls, then begin logging some mileage along the Sol Duc River. The second day is one of the trip highlights, as the group will ascend up into the Seven Lakes Basin and along the High Divide, before descending back down toward the Hoh River Valley. The day three descent into the Hoh River Valley will be hard on those knees, but the ice-cold, glacier-fed Hoh River will be the perfect ice bath for the final night of camping. A well-paced, flat, exit day hike will showcase the old-growth temperate rain forest of the Hoh River Trail.