Tucked away at the northwest corner of an already remote peninsula, Shi Shi Beach (which is pronounced “shy shy”) is a gem of a beach in Olympic National Park. It’s wide and sandy. It has excellent tidepooling at low tide. And the combination of the remote location and two mile hike in mean that it’s…
Do you want the best possible endorsement of this trail? Normally, when we’re done with a backpacking trail, we say something along the lines of “that was gorgeous, but I’m not doing that again in the near future.” However, as we packed up our stuff into the car at the end of this hike, we…
Honestly, who doesn’t love a good alpine lake? We definitely do. Our favorite version of a summer day is a long climb to a crystal clear alpine lake, and Lake Angeles in Olympic National Park certainly scratches that itch for us. Hurricane Ridge, the alpine section of Olympic National Park, has many to choose from…
One of the reasons we love Olympic National Park is the breadth of different landscapes you’ll find within its (somewhat confusing and fragmented) boundaries. You have everything from rugged rocky beaches up and down the Pacific Coast, to dense coastal temperate rainforests with all of the ferns and moss you could possibly want, to crystal…
Look, on a spectrum of “mountain people” to “beach people”, we’re about as far over towards the mountain side as it gets. However, we’d be lying to you if we said that we didn’t love ourselves some time out on the Oregon Coast around Cannon Beach. Of the towns on the northern coast, we find…
As self-identifying mountain people (not beach people) AND people who don’t really like crowds, you might be surprised to learn that we actually really enjoy Cannon Beach. We try to make it out to Cannon Beach a few times a year, and most of our days are spent on the trail (so we’ve done most…