A newly paved section of the Olympic Discovery Trail beckons in the scenic Sol Duc Valley. The multipurpose trail follows an obvious railroad grade through towering Douglas firs for much of a 7-mile ...
Olympic National Park recently announced that the road to the Sol Duc had been reopened - the first time in months due to storm damage. How exciting! Naturally, I took my first opportunity to visit ...
Olympic National Park has many attractions, but not every hiker knows there are two hot springs within the park. Sol Duc Hot Springs is one of them; the other is Olympic Hot Springs. It is believed ...
OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK, Wash. — Did you see the bear?” the backpacker standing at the side of the trail asked. “He sure saw you.” Well, no, I’d missed him, screened by a few trees even though we ...
Where can a budget adventurer explore miles of secluded hiking trails, relax in the pools of world-famous hot springs, and then sleep under the canopy of an old-growth, temperate rainforest? Sol Duc ...