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Murhut Falls — Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015

Olympic Peninsula > Hood Canal

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Type of Hike

Day hike

Trail Conditions

Trail in good condition

Road

Road suitable for all vehicles

Bugs

No bugs

Snow

Snow free

Trails Hiked

  • Hiked with kids
Murhut Falls
It took us about an hour from Chimacum to get to the trail head. The road to the trail head was pretty maintained with a few potholes. There were also a couple of blow downs from the last storm that were hard to get around on our way up. But we talked to a gentleman we met on our way back on the trail and he said he used his chains to open up the road a little more for everyone. So on our way back it was pretty easy going until we noticed there has been a new mudslide that just had happened over the main road (Duckabush Road). There were fire and rescue vehicles taking care of the situation though. It is amazing how much it covered the road in a matter of seconds. Back to the trail. It was wonderful. There was water all over but none that affected the trail. The waterfall was raging. You could definitely tell that it had been raining a lot this past week. We didn't have any problems with rain. It only sprinkled a few showers but we even had some sun breaks. It was a perfect day on the trail.
Kids checking out water on the side of the trail.
Beautiful path
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Comments

I've been to Murhut Falls many times over the years, but I must admit this is some huge water flow. Normally, it isn't too big of a deal crossing the creek and climbing the root ladder to the upper pool. On this day----no way! I like your take on being in nature......it is all pretty spectacular. Should you want to take a peek, here is my take on the great Pacific Northwest; https://www.flickr.com/photos/mccoy442/

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Rugosus on Feb 08, 2015 06:34 PM

Thank you very much Rugosus! That means a lot. Thank you also for sharing your feed. I love it! We will be back soon enough to hopefully get a closer look at the upper falls. Yeah, there was no way we could get over the check. It was amazing seeing how powerful the water was.

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melissapnwa on Feb 11, 2015 04:49 PM