Oyster Dome
Feb 21, 2009
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University Congregational Hikers
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Feb 22, 2009 02:02 PM
- Type of Outing
- Day hike
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Oyster Dome
- Region: Puget Sound and Islands -- North Sound
- Agency: Department of Natural Resources, Northwest Region
- Avg Rating: 3.81
- Be Aware Of
- Blowdowns
- Mudholes
- Snow on trail
No need to repeat several excellent reports on this superb winter hike, but a couple of further details might be helpful to someone ...
Fo anyone doing the classic loop hike from Chuckanut Drive (one way via the Samish Connector and the Oyster Dome Trail, the other way via the PNT through Max's Cutoff), the only non-trivial snow on the trail is for about 100 yards on either side of the east end of Max's Cutoff. It is quite passable - yak trax not needed, though poles are helpful. Except perhaps for the aforementioned snow (and accompanying muddy spots) plus a few no-problem deadfalls, the trails seem to be in better than usual condition. The usual mudholes on the Oyster Dome trail are drier than usual for February.
I think this hike is being increasingly (and deservedly) discovered; I think we saw more people on the trail than I ever remember before.
Fo anyone doing the classic loop hike from Chuckanut Drive (one way via the Samish Connector and the Oyster Dome Trail, the other way via the PNT through Max's Cutoff), the only non-trivial snow on the trail is for about 100 yards on either side of the east end of Max's Cutoff. It is quite passable - yak trax not needed, though poles are helpful. Except perhaps for the aforementioned snow (and accompanying muddy spots) plus a few no-problem deadfalls, the trails seem to be in better than usual condition. The usual mudholes on the Oyster Dome trail are drier than usual for February.
I think this hike is being increasingly (and deservedly) discovered; I think we saw more people on the trail than I ever remember before.
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