Dry Creek
Nov 02, 2009
by
mossy mom
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last modified
Nov 03, 2009 06:37 PM
- Type of Outing
- Day hike
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Dry Creek
- Region: Olympics -- East
- Trails: Dry Creek (#872)
- Avg Rating: 2.25
- Why You Should Go Now
- Fall foliage
- Be Aware Of
- Blowdowns
- Overgrown
- Mudholes
- Water on trail
- Road to trailhead inaccessible
Dry Mountain
This hike now starts at the causeway instead of the trail head since only homeowners get a key to the gate. The first mile of trail is actually a road that is flanked with old growth stumps and no trespassing signs. Finally after the crossing of Dry Creek the forest begins.
Dry Creek is never dry but it is always easy to ford. A mile after the Creek crossing the old growth forest starts. I always turn around when I can see the logging scars that mark the South Fork Skokomish end of the trail. No reason to lose and regain elevation just to see the other trail head that is actually a logging road.
This trail could use some TLC. It is getting hard to follow in places.
I went 14.7 miles and gained 2,600 feet. I had complete solitude.
More pictures on my blog
http://mosswalks.blogspot.com
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Lake and stumps
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Logging road that marks the entrance to the South Fork Drainage
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Start of the trail
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