Mount Walker — Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2002

Olympic Peninsula > Hood Canal

I kept hoping the dense fog would lift by the time we climbed the 2000 feet to Mt. Walker's summit (it's at 2800 feet), but it did not. We ate lunch in the mist and remembered all the times we've been up here when we could see the fabulous views of the Olympics and--at the south summit--Puget Sound and the Cascades. But it was a good hike nonetheless,and for this season--a treat to find a trail with a lot of elevation that is not snow covered. In fact, there wasn't a drop of snow anywhere.