Constance Pass — Saturday, Jun. 19, 2004

Olympic Peninsula > Hood Canal

We drove up the Dosewallips River Road to the washout late Friday afternoon and started walking. Saw a few cars parked, but only one other person on the road. The road is an easy 2 1/2 hour hike. Arrived at Dosewallips campground around 8pm. There was one other tent, other than that it was deserted except for the deer. Slept in and took our time in the morning, then headed up the Main Fork Dosewallips trail about 11am. The first 2.5 miles was relatively clear and easy hiking, a few down trees but no big deal. At 2.5 miles we turned right onto the Constance Pass trail and started climbing. Up, up, up! 3400 vertical feet to Sunnybrook Meadows. Several down trees, a couple of which were a little tricky to navigate. Approaching Sunnybrook Meadows the creek has sort of taken over the trail, there are a few crossings and at least one section of 100-200 feet where part of the creek runs right down the trail. Other than that, the trail was mostly clear and in fairly good shape for one that is not regularly maintained. Patchy snow at Sunnybrook Meadows. The little pond there is still mostly covered. A couple of clear tent sites though. Beautiful views and not a soul in sight. We saw no other hikers until we returned to Dosewallips campground on Sunday.