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Drove up to Hurricane Ridge at Olympic National Park to hike the Klahhanne Ridge Trail over to the ridge, then hiked all the way down to the Switchback Trailhead to catch the shuttle back up to Hurricane Rige, 5.2 miles with 1,150 ft of gain and 2.000 ft of loss. Gorgeous hike! The trail was very dry, so I was amazed to see wildflowers in bloom. Views to the south from the Hurri...

After hiking to Bench Lake, on my drive back towards Reflection Lakes, I stopped at the pullover at Sunbeam Creek. Across the road is a lovel cascade with Foss Peak above.

For my second hike this morning, I drove a short distance east of Reflection Lakes to the Snow Lake Trailhead, hiking to Bench Lake and back: 1.5 miles round trip with about 300 ft of overall gain. View of Mt Rainier looking across the road from the trailhead

I drove up to Reflection Lakes at Mt Rainier National Park to do the first of two short hikes today: Pinnacle Peak Saddle, 3 miles round trip with 1,100 ft of overall gain. This short, steep hike starts out in the forest and then crosses several scree/talus fields for views. There were some wildflowers in bloom and also saw pica, several marmots and 4 bears! Fabulous morning!!! ...

This morning we drove up to the Denny Creek/Franklin Falls parking lot to hike up Denny Creek to Keekwulee Falls and back, 4.2 miles with 900 ft of gain.