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8 Amazing Places in OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK [4K]
so you're going to Washington you're
thinking about maybe going to Olympic
National Park but maybe you don't know
what you want to do there well the good
thing is no matter who you are it is
definitely an amazing Park for you so
Olympic National Park ranks on the top
10 of almost every list out there of
national parks because it is such a has
such a variety of different atmospheres
and climates and ecosystems within the
park and so it doesn't matter if you're
a climber or if you're somebody who just
wants to go on easy hikes there's
something in this park for you so in
this video I talk about eight of my
favorite things to do in this park I
tried to go on varying skill sets so
some of them are more rigorous hikes
some of them you can just drive up in
park but of course I couldn't name
everything that is enjoyable in this
park so if you know of anything else
that you are excited to do or that you
have done please remember to comment
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destination number one was cool a lot
campground as you can see here it was
very cloudy when we went on a nice day
this is a great spot to see the sunset
over the Pacific Ocean but if it's
cloudy like this it's also nice to go
down to the beach collect driftwood
start a fire or walk around and find
some sand dollars yeah so this is kalila
camp coal a lock coal a lock campground
check it out we got lots of trees all
over
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so in the park there are also a lot of
wildlife so here you see some Roosevelt
elk and some ducks right there just
hanging out right on the side of the
road so after saying just one night at
Kalia campground our next destination
was hall of mosses in the whole rain
forest we're gonna camp in this area
first-come first-serve this is the whole
river and then there's a couple trails
here here and this is the trail to blue
glacier that's like a definitely
backpacking chances 80 miles away okay
now this is one of the most famous hikes
you might have seen whenever you look up
Olympic National Park you're almost
definitely going to see a picture of the
HOH rainforest specifically hall of
mosses we see the classic tall
evergreens covered in mosses because the
whole rainforest is a very very rare
ecosystem being a temperate rainforest
you don't really see many of those
around and they get twelve feet of rain
every single year so make sure you're
going during the dry season
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so hall of mosses is a relatively easy
trail we did it in about 20 to 30
minutes and overall you're going to see
a lot of people of varying ages on here
so it's not a difficult trail it's not
marked as something that you need to be
an expert climber or hiker for anybody
can go on this trail and enjoy this and
take some amazing pictures so there are
a hundred 30 species of lichens ferns
and mosses covering these massive
evergreen trees and of course there's so
much other wildlife here this is an
amazing place for so many different
reasons and the trees are so incredibly
tall so the Hall of losses trail was
pretty short and because of that we're
going to continue on to the whole River
Trail right now we're gonna go in about
two and a half miles whole thing is like
18 miles up and back but obviously we're
not doing that today since it's already
early afternoon right now so I'm gonna
take this couple miles and then we'll
see
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now the next destination is sort of a
longer hike as you're going along the
whole river trail which as we saw
earlier is an 18 mile trail we want a
few miles in to get to the mineral Creek
Falls so just a little bit farther away
from the crowds and hall of mosses you
can get out here and really start to
immerse yourself in the whole rainforest
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destination for then is the whole River
we were camping right next to it in the
HOH rainforest campground and as you can
see here the river was really really
really cold it is glacial water coming
from the top of the mountains and you
can also see the top of the mountains
from this you know where we were right
now it's snowy on the top its melting
coming down so 48 degrees is very cold
water but it was so warm out we had to
go for a swim
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all right so we just left the whole
rainforest here we are at Lake Crescent
we're gonna go up a hike to Mary meter
Falls and then up to I think storm king
peak right now it gets a nice overlooks
overall it's a little cloudy right now
as we got here it's a little bit cooler
because I think we're slightly higher in
elevation so this is the lodge area if
you're at Lake Crescent lodge or
anything like Lake Crescent Resort ish
thing it's gonna look like this turn
around
check it out so you're gonna have like
that building right there and then you
get these little tiny cabins over there
where people can stay just I guess
another option if you're not willing to
go camping
so the lodge as you can see is a nice
place to get away from the outdoors if
you're trying to go inside and get a cup
of coffee or a drink just hang out by a
fire for a little bit
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almost a 1-mile almost almost almost
there
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so as you can see from that footage this
was definitely a very strenuous and
advanced hike I don't recommend it for
anybody not comfortable with Heights as
you can see there were ropes there so
it's a little bit dangerous at points
and then at the very top is a very
narrow Ridge so we made it to Deer Park
campground and as you can see it's a
little foggy over there over there it's
much more clear and you can see the
mountains and then there are according
this sign right here there are three
different spots there's a B and C each
of them I think there's like 14 total
sites at Peter but really not much so
here's your luxury bathroom facility no
running water and there's a little bear
boxes right there so animals don't get
your food but overall it seems like a
really cool campground really hard to
get here though Wow yeah so it's so
peaceful up here there's absolutely
nobody up here right now and then way
off in the distance you can see the
snowy mountains over there actually a
whole bunch of mountains with snow on
them so it's a lot colder up here than
it was down where we were it's literally
right now 44 degrees at the bottom it
was like 64 degrees so you're gonna see
a temperature drop when you come up here
and if you're gonna stay the night you
definitely want a lot of warm clothing
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so Deer Park Campground is a really cool
spot although there is no Ranger in the
ranger station anymore so the next thing
you want to do is drive on up to the
summit here so that's the bay up there
you barely see right there and you got
some other mountains over here really
cool view if there were no clouds it
would definitely be a really really
amazing view and it already is amazing
with these clouds so next we have the
rain shadow loop which is at the very
top of the mountain with Deer Park so
you just keep driving about another half
mile and get up to this little half-mile
hike again and give some amazing views
at the top
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so we're on Blue Mountain right now and
right now it's a little cloudy but right
before I started filming this it was
sunny and you could see everything but
you could see Mount Baker over there you
can see Canada and you could see like
all kinds of just mountains in every
direction you can see the ocean over
there or at least the bay so really
really cool spot if it's not cloudy
although I feel like it usually is
because you're at the level of the
clouds it's like five thousand eight
hundred feet up here correction it's six
thousand and ten feet according to the
geology marker right like right over
there
so really really high up and you can
tell the air is a little bit thinner up
here all right grace you sliding down
and we got Ellen taking the smarter way
I don't know what I'm gonna do and then
we got Sean way up in the distance there
alright guys see if we can hit Grayson
here so the good news is if you are not
willing to make the one hour drive up to
the top here and then hike up the snow
to see this view you can also go over to
hurricane ridge although I chose this
one above hurricane ridge just because
it's a little bit farther away from the
crowds hurricane ridge can be a bit
crowded on you know a popular day like
this so if it's too crowded check this
out so we're on our way back to rialto
beach to stay that night there and we
stopped at one of the many little day
use areas little recreation areas on 112
and this one's actually really popular
for recreational crabbing so I'm gonna
see if we're finding any crabs here but
I haven't seen any yet maybe out there a
little bit more so the reason we went
this way was to get away from the main
just driving along 101 through Lake
Crescent if you go back in through the
park a couple times eventually you might
want to go up on 112 and stop along some
of these little County parks and just
get some different scenery
so next we have our Alto Beach which is
also split rock and hole-in-the-wall
three things sort of really close
together you can walk on the beach and
camp out there you just have to get a
backwoods permit and this is a really
amazing spot to see the sunset you'll
see lots of people come out watch the
sunset and then leave others come out
and watch and then stay so we chose to
stay the night this is a great spot to
go out and see some tide pools like I
said to see the sunset to see some gray
whales that migrate up from Mexico
overall just an amazing scenic area with
a lot of wildlife so right here you can
see that is split Rock right there and
you can't really see the side that split
I'll show you that in a second but from
here you will be seeing some of the tide
pools during low tide and then at high
tide you won't really be able to see
tide pools and you're gonna be a little
bit farther away I recommend if you're
going here try to time it so you're here
right around low tide where maybe when
the tide is just going out
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oh it's so cool
now the height back there is pretty long
if you're going all the way to
hole-in-the-wall and even though it is
only about a mile and a half it is
through this very soft gravel it's sort
of like quicksand it makes it difficult
to walk sometimes barefoot sometimes for
the shoes but I recommend making the
walk if you can now all the way out here
at hole-in-the-wall this is where you
going to need a little bit of rock
climbing if you're coming at high tide
as we did this is like mid to high tide
right now and so I had to do a little
bit of rock scrambling a little bit of
rock climbing just to get around into
hole in the wall and don't recommend
this if you're not comfortable with it
like I said if you come at low tide it's
much easier to get out there
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so this is a great place to sea otters
sea lions sea anenome tide pools with
starfish in them and like I said so much
more wildlife just on this simple little
spot with the tide pools at home
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oh yeah there it is that
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I agree
so here we were climbing a little bit
more again I don't recommend this we
were kind of high up it's dangerous
so this was a dumb idea you guys should
not be telling this but some amazing
views over there as you can see of the
Pacific Ocean and the surrounding shore
so lastly hiked back the mile and a half
to rialto beach where we made our dinner
in one of the fire pits and then we
hiked back again a mile and a half to
our campsite back at hole-in-the-wall
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