Mount Jupiter — Monday, Jul. 8, 2013

Olympic Peninsula > Hood Canal

Just in case you wondered if anything had changed since April...the road still blocked 3.1 miles from Hwy 101, which is about 2.5 miles or so from the trailhead. We hiked up the road, and found the trailhead sign, and the trail switchbacking up. There was blowdown in the trees, but a few nice stretches of trail too. We came out of the trees to find fresh clear cut, which had obliterated the trail. At that point, we decided to abandon the trail, went up a short way, and got on the road (which is at the top of the clear cut) to the relay towers. At the top of the ridge, we walked west into Forest Service land. We looked around for the trail, but gave up and followed the road back to the car.