Olympic Hiking Co.

11/05/2024

What a show! Some iPhone photos from Lake Crescent around 1:30am last night. Brew that coffee extra strong today!

05/05/2024

At the end of April, we hosted our friends and wonderful industry colleagues from Victoria 🇨🇦. We got to share our exciting news for the return of our Half Day Tour of Olympic National Park and showed them firsthand on the trails! This itinerary features stops at the Elwha River, Lake Crescent, a hike to Marymere Falls, and a visit at Salt Creek.

What’s so special about a half day tour? This 12:45pm-4:45pm itinerary allows travelers from Victoria to experience Olympic National Park on a day trip, specifically timed with the ferry schedule! It also lines up with the Clallam Transit Strait Shot for day trip visits from Seattle! More on that to come next week!
https://www.hikeolympic.com/half-day-tour

Thanks for joining us, neighbors! 🇨🇦

02/05/2024

In April, we welcomed back our guests and the return of our Spring Group Tour schedule. As always, our Hoh Rain Forest and Rialto Beach Tour showcases the beautiful transition into Spring with gorgeous shades of green budding throughout the Olympic Peninsula.

Here are some photos from last week’s small group tour led by our local naturalist guide, Oscar. With a background in botany and foraging, Oscar shares a hands on and engaging deep dive into the unique rain forest ecology of Olympic National Park.

Our group tours operate on Saturdays and Sundays throughout Spring. Then we’ll have tour offerings 7 days per week starting May 18! We hope that you join us and experience the magical bloom of Spring in Olympic.

https://www.hikeolympic.com/group-tours

19/02/2024

There is no question that the winter snowpack has been a challenge this year. However, it has been such a fun opportunity for our guides to explore new regions atop Hurricane Ridge as we focus on those north facing trails! Those ONP webcams can be deceiving as they show those southern exposed slopes.

These photos were from two weekends ago at some of our lowest snow levels since December, and it was still a blast! What a treat it has been for our guides to interconnect Hurricane Hill with these additional northern trails for brand new vistas and trails that aren’t usually available for us.

The snowpack got replenished ahead of this past weekend and there’s a potential system moving in at the end of the month. Here’s for a “Miracle March” as we’re hoping our friends at can open the ski and snowboard area soon! In the meantime, come enjoy the Ridge! We hope to see you on the shuttle or our snowshoe tours! ❄️

01/02/2024

As Olympic Hiking Co. continues to grow, serving over 4,000 hikers last year, we are hiring an Operations Coordinator to join our team! This team member will carefully manage the customer journey for our guests, while dispatching guides, drivers, and vehicles throughout Olympic National Park for our guided day tours, shuttles, and backpacking trips.

We look forward to welcoming a new teammate soon! Online applications will be accepted through February 18, 2024:

If you have a passion for the outdoors and sharing that passion with others, consider joining the Olympic Hiking Co. team! We accept applications for various positions each summer season.

24/01/2024

While Port Angeles was draped in low overcast clouds last Saturday, our guided snowshoe tour group enjoyed incredible views with all peaks and valleys visible atop Hurricane Ridge. Our group members traveled from all over Washington and the greater USA to experience Hurricane Ridge in our favorite season — winter. Because the fragile subalpine meadows are protected in deep snow, we’re able to explore areas of Hurricane Ridge only accessible during the winter season.

18/01/2024

All of this lowland snow has resulted in amazing fresh snowpack atop Hurricane Ridge (5,242 feet). Our second weekend of snowshoe tours was excellent! Our Saturday group tour bundled up for a blue bird day and did great with the -6 wind chill! By Sunday, our temps returned to more normal low 30s and our private tour group had absolutely stellar conditions.

Our small group snowshoe tours are filling fast! Here is what’s available through February:
Sat Jan 20: 2 spots opened today!
Sat Jan 27: 4 spots left
Sat Feb 3: SOLD OUT
Sat Feb 10: SOLD OUT
Sat Feb 17: 6 spots left
Sat Feb 24: 3 spots left

We also do private tours upon request on Sundays, which is great for families, friends, team building, and other large groups. Our snowshoe and shuttle season will operate until March 31st. Come join us!

https://www.hikeolympic.com/hurricane-ridge-snowshoe-tour

07/01/2024

Today was opening day for our Guided Snowshoe Tour season atop Hurricane Ridge and we couldn’t be more excited! From January 6 - March 31, we will be leading small group snowshoe tours for up to 10 guests with our two winter hiking guides. We provide snowshoes, trekking poles, and have picnic lunches available for purchase from . Whether you’re a first timer or an experienced snowshoer, we hope to have you join a tour this season!

Looking to explore on self-guided adventure? Not a problem! Our roundtrip Hurricane Ridge Winter Shuttle from Downtown Port Angeles departs at 8:30am on Saturdays and Sundays, starting at $15 per passenger. All thanks to a great local partnership with the winter sports education foundation!

FYI: these photos are from last season and reflect various snowpack levels. And for those watching the webcams from home recently, the snowfall came JUST in time. 8.5” inches of fresh snow last night, 24” inches at the sensor this morning, and more to come!