Murhut Falls — Tuesday, Mar. 6, 2012

Olympic Peninsula > Hood Canal

I cannot submit a report to cover my hike, because I could not get to the trail. The road up is icy and my SUV got stuck twice; once on the way up and once trying to turn around. I thought I would be spending the night in the sub-zero woods with no one around. Note I have a late model SUV in perfect condition, and relatively new tires. I was spinning off the road on an icy patch on an uphill windy portion of the road, and then I had to back down until I found a place to turn around, and almost got stuck there to. My engine light turned on and I had to shut off the car several times, dig around the tires with a shovel, etc. VERY scary. Despite the fact that today was quite sunny and nice, and the road was open with no warnings. I would never try coming back here except in summer.