Notch Pass — Friday, Oct. 14, 2022

Decided to head to the Olympic Peninsula today to avoid wildfire smoke. There are two trailheads for this hike. The lower trailhead only has space for two cars. The upper trailhead has room for 6-8. The upper trailhead is in the middle of the out and back hike. The lower trailhead is listed as the start of this hike. If you park at the upper trailhead you will have to pass your car at least once to do the whole hike. We parked at the upper trailhead and hiked to the lower trailhead and back. Trail in great shape. A few blow downs but all passable. Nice shaded, dense forest hike. We were the only ones on the trail today. Great hike to get away from people. Been to Bark Shanty before and it is worth heading towards, but we got a late start today and decided to call it a day when we made it back to the car.