Oyster Dome
Mar 11, 2009
by
Hikingqueen
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last modified
Mar 12, 2009 08:50 AM
- 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
This one has been on my list for about a year and after reading Galiwalker’s report I decided this was the week. I sent a quick email out to the ladies group and got a couple of bites. Ended up with just one person joining me and I picked up Laura on the way to B-ham. It was quite an easy trip, quicker than I thought it would be, we didn’t hit any traffic!
We arrived at exit 231 and we couldn’t turn right over the bridge it was being worked on and had to take a detour that put us back on the freeway, a little confusing but we just followed the detour signs and another 10 miles were found the trail head. We headed up around 8:30 it was pretty cold. Forest was chilly at times but we warmed up quickly. There’s a lot of up hill on this one, some spots of ice and snow but nothing my new yak trak’s couldn’t handle. Trail is somewhat signed, we wished it was a little more signed but we found our way to the Dome okay and missed the bat caves sign going up. We think we found the caves going down, if it was a big rock? After having lunch on the dome and taking in the views we headed back down and at the T the other way on the trail. The only sign here was “no horses allowed”. We ran into a group of about 10 women and 1 man from Canada and they were really nice told us where the bat caves were and other chit chat.
Great day out, glad to meet a new friend and discover a new area. Stats 5 hours and about 6 miles. Now I pack for AZ, more trip reports to come when I return.
We arrived at exit 231 and we couldn’t turn right over the bridge it was being worked on and had to take a detour that put us back on the freeway, a little confusing but we just followed the detour signs and another 10 miles were found the trail head. We headed up around 8:30 it was pretty cold. Forest was chilly at times but we warmed up quickly. There’s a lot of up hill on this one, some spots of ice and snow but nothing my new yak trak’s couldn’t handle. Trail is somewhat signed, we wished it was a little more signed but we found our way to the Dome okay and missed the bat caves sign going up. We think we found the caves going down, if it was a big rock? After having lunch on the dome and taking in the views we headed back down and at the T the other way on the trail. The only sign here was “no horses allowed”. We ran into a group of about 10 women and 1 man from Canada and they were really nice told us where the bat caves were and other chit chat.
Great day out, glad to meet a new friend and discover a new area. Stats 5 hours and about 6 miles. Now I pack for AZ, more trip reports to come when I return.
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