Hoh River Trail to Blue Glacier — Wednesday, May. 8, 2019

Thought I would take a few days and hike up to the Blue Glacier.  Have been to Glacier Meadows a few times before but the weather was not good enough to see the mountains or the glacier.  With perfect weather in the forecast for the next few days, what could go wrong.  The first 9 miles to Olympus Ranger station camp went off without any problems.  There were a few interesting stream crossings, one requiring quite the balancing act on a log, but being that the trail is virtually level I can't complain too much.  Nice quiet camping at Olympus camp.  Up early and off towards Elk Lake with a day pack.  A backpacker coming down yesterday said that there's a snow bridge/ large snow  patch just below the ladder that's right before Glacier Meadows.  He said he turned around there since he could hear loud running water underneath the snow and he did not want to become a statistic!  Smart move! I wanted to see how far I could get.  Well, just before I got to Elk Lake I ran into some major blow down!  I mean major! Lots of enormous trees down across the trail all jumbled together, branches everywhere, and on a steep slope besides!  I did my best to try and get through but after jumping from one large log to another and balancing as best I could, I still could not locate the way ahead.  So I headed back to Olympus Camp, hoping to come back again later in the summer. The trail crew sure has their work cut out for them!  Gonna take awhile though!