We headed for the Olympics from the ferry in Edmonds to Kingston, 1:30 sailing and arrived at the trailhead around 3:30 on Friday. It was drizzling pretty steady. We put on our new rain gear and headed up the trail. The trail gradually climbs through silver fir and vine maple until you reach the little hump. Lots of Trillum in bloom and yellow violets. Decending from little hump the way flattens to moss draped trees more silver fir and a green carpet of moss. The tread is very good and well drained. Some vanilla leaf and woodland flowers in bloom.Good camps around 2-1/2 miles by the river. The trail is in good shape to the big hump. Paintbrush in bloom and some wild Rhododendron budding should be out in a week or two. At 4 miles descending big hump, the blow downs begin. Not big at first but there after there are a few large ones that require detours or deep knee ducking. They are negotiable but a little strenuous for backpacks. They are supposed to have a trail crew in on the 11th of May so check with Ranger.There is a nice camp at 5 mile. There are a couple of sites. One is pretty wet. The other is large and nice. This is a nice early season hike. Saw quite a few people Saturday, not not too many. We headed out Sunday to partly sunny skies, maybe eight to ten cars at the trailhead.
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