Marmot Pass via Upper Dungeness River Trail — Friday, Nov. 9, 2012

Olympic Peninsula > Hood Canal

There is one tree blocking the trail between the Upper Dungeness trailhead and Camp Handy. Fortunately, it's easy to walk around. The offending blowdown is a two-minute walk above the second bridge, about two and a half miles or so from the trailhead. The top of a snag snapped off a nearby stump and landed vertically, standing precariously in the middle of the trail tread. Its top rests in the branches of a neighboring Doug-fir about 40 feet up, and its base is maybe 14"-16" at knee height. I would love to have seen the snag snap and fall -- ideally through binoculars from a safe distance.