This is a lovely hike with some of the more breathtaking vistas I've seen. I did a 3 day, 2 night trip. Day 1 I hiked to campsite 13.3, which my gaia app actually said was 13.7 miles in. The first 13 miles are essentially flat, and took me 4.5 hrs to hike going fairly quick and not many stops. Some beautiful views of the river and so much lush foliage. Campsite 13.1 is just before the Hoh bridge and is directly off of the trail (not much privacy). Campsites 13.2 and 13.3 are past the bridge a short walk and are further removed from the trail.
Day 2 I left for the glacier around 930 am. This part of the hike feels like a completely different trail, leaving low rainforest and entering a subalpine type environment. Steady altitude gain and beautiful views of the surrounding peaks. The rope ladder was kinda fun. Go up and to your right to get back on the trail, was somewhat hard to find. You will pass some last camp sites and a platform for a ranger station at glacier meadows. From there you have approximately 0.9 miles to the viewpoint that looks directly at Olympus and the Blue Glacier. You go through the most beautiful meadow with a creek, lush greenery, wild flowers in full bloom (June 21), and a view up towards the mountain. Keep going over 2 snow fields, which were very comfortable to cross in trail runners and poles. Finally, keep going up to the ridge that looks directly at Mt Olympus. This was 5 miles in, 10 miles round trip for day 2. Day 3 I hiked the 13 some miles back to the parking lot.
Day 1: 13.76 miles, 1,260ft elevation, 4.5 hrs moving time
Day 2: 10.04 miles, 3,600ft elevation, apx 5 hrs moving time
Day 3: 13.76 miles, -1,260ft elevation, 4.5 hrs moving time
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