Post by BlueBear on Sept 5, 2015 10:54:14 GMT -8
Heya folks,
I find myself with the opportunity to take a week off and go backpacking. I'd like to fly into SEA-TAC and head to the dripping valleys of the western Olympics (I've spent much time there and after a several-year hiatus would love to go back), but obviously it's been an extraordinarily dry year. How are the conditions now, in early September? Obviously it'd still be pretty dry, but am I doing to find myself hacking a lung from the smoke of other fires, or will there still be some peace and clean air in the west-side old growth rain forests?
I would likely head to the Queets, S. Fork Hoh or Quinault valleys, start on the trail and veer to a bit of off-trail exploration from there, about a week total. Any first-hand recent tips on the conditions would be great!
- Mike
I find myself with the opportunity to take a week off and go backpacking. I'd like to fly into SEA-TAC and head to the dripping valleys of the western Olympics (I've spent much time there and after a several-year hiatus would love to go back), but obviously it's been an extraordinarily dry year. How are the conditions now, in early September? Obviously it'd still be pretty dry, but am I doing to find myself hacking a lung from the smoke of other fires, or will there still be some peace and clean air in the west-side old growth rain forests?
I would likely head to the Queets, S. Fork Hoh or Quinault valleys, start on the trail and veer to a bit of off-trail exploration from there, about a week total. Any first-hand recent tips on the conditions would be great!
- Mike
