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Mount Townsend — Sunday, Jul. 27, 2025

Olympic Peninsula > Hood Canal

I had a nice morning on Mt. Townsend. Despite the parking area being pretty full of cars at 7:15 a.m., my timing worked out such that I had the summit to myself for the 30 minutes I chose to stay up there.

There was a steady stream of hikers coming up as I was leaving, but the trail never felt too crowded.

The trail is in perfect condition. The road to get there is pretty good, too. The only potholes worthy of note are just before the upper trailhead parking, maybe 0.25 - 0.1 mile before that. Otherwise, it was smooth sailing.

Hats off to the dude who summited twice in the time it took me to go up and back!

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