Duckabush River
Mar 07, 2009
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Mar 16, 2009 03:08 PM
- Type of Outing
- Overnight
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Duckabush River
- Region: Olympics
- Trails: Duckabush River (#104)
- Avg Rating: 3.17
- Be Aware Of
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- Blowdowns
View of the river.
On Friday thru Sunday ten scouts and adults hiked up the Duckabush River Trail on the Olympic Peninsula.
On Friday afternoon we drove through very heavy traffic to the trail head, which is very near Camp Parsons on the Hood Canal. We arrived at the trail head well after dark and set up camp in the trail head parking lot. After setting up camp we all went straight to bed.
Saturday morning we rose early, made our breakfast, packed up and headed out on the trail; getting started around 9:30 AM.
The hike takes you along the Duckabush River while climbing over two “humps” called “little hump” and “big hump”. Making our way over “little hump” was very easy — in fact we barely even noticed that we had hiked over it. We knew that we went over it because the GPS told us so! With “little hump” behind us we started the climb over “big hump”. The ascent is about the same as Mt. Si. After making it to the top we took a brief rest and then made our descent to the river. Upon arriving at the river we found such a nice campground that we decided to make camp, even though we were not at the “ten mile” camp. This camp is called “five mile” camp and is about 6 miles from the trail head. That afternoon turned out to be snowy and increasingly cold. We made a great dinner by 6:00 PM and enjoyed a roaring camp fire. Everyone was in bed by 9:30 PM. That night was very cold — down to the mid twenties. This made for a very cold Sunday morning.
The trail was in great condition with only a few blow downs. There was only a few spots with snow on the trail and was a non-issue.
On Sunday we hiked out to the trail head and we driving out by 1:00 PM. We headed straight for the burger restaurant and enjoyed bacon cheese burgers and root beer.
On Friday afternoon we drove through very heavy traffic to the trail head, which is very near Camp Parsons on the Hood Canal. We arrived at the trail head well after dark and set up camp in the trail head parking lot. After setting up camp we all went straight to bed.
Saturday morning we rose early, made our breakfast, packed up and headed out on the trail; getting started around 9:30 AM.
The hike takes you along the Duckabush River while climbing over two “humps” called “little hump” and “big hump”. Making our way over “little hump” was very easy — in fact we barely even noticed that we had hiked over it. We knew that we went over it because the GPS told us so! With “little hump” behind us we started the climb over “big hump”. The ascent is about the same as Mt. Si. After making it to the top we took a brief rest and then made our descent to the river. Upon arriving at the river we found such a nice campground that we decided to make camp, even though we were not at the “ten mile” camp. This camp is called “five mile” camp and is about 6 miles from the trail head. That afternoon turned out to be snowy and increasingly cold. We made a great dinner by 6:00 PM and enjoyed a roaring camp fire. Everyone was in bed by 9:30 PM. That night was very cold — down to the mid twenties. This made for a very cold Sunday morning.
The trail was in great condition with only a few blow downs. There was only a few spots with snow on the trail and was a non-issue.
On Sunday we hiked out to the trail head and we driving out by 1:00 PM. We headed straight for the burger restaurant and enjoyed bacon cheese burgers and root beer.
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