Tunnel Creek #841
Jul 31, 2006
- Type of Outing
- Day hike
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Tunnel Creek
- Region: Olympics -- East
- Agency: Olympic National Forest, Quilcene Ranger District
- Trails: Tunnel Creek (#841)
- Avg Rating: 3.12
- Be Aware Of
- Blowdowns
We hiked Tunnel Creek Trail to Fifty-Fifty Pass on a Monday and had the trail to ourselves all day. Despite the fact that the day turned sunny and warm at home, the clouds hung on the ridges and the pass was in a cloud, so no views. However the flower show in the meadows is at its peak, with beargrass, lupine, phlox, white & pink heather, mountain daisies, tiger lilies, Indian hellabore, penstemon, stonecrop and valerian blooming. The trail is in good shape except for blow downs. There are two large trees down just above the shelter (within sight of the shelter)on a side hill above the creek, a large one across the trail and another beside it which took out a chunk of the trail when its root wad pulled out of the ground. There are several trees down across the trail below and above a switchback between the shelter and the lakes - the lower one can be crawled under or climbed over, at the upper one, climb through the jumble of logs and branches or scramble up the hillside to go around. There are also several lesser logs across the trail, one about half way between the trailhead and the shelter and the rest above the shelter. There no snow on the trail or in the meadows.
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