frogi bear

My sister and I are looking to do a traverse across the Olympics, and would love to leave just one car on the east side of the mountains, and not have to go retrieve a shuttle car on the east. We're flexible, but would IDEALLY leave car at Dosewallips trail/washout by 3pm on Friday, and catch a ride with you, from there, to either: - (best) Sol Duc, - (second best) Hoh, or Quinault Trailheads on the East side. - (third) Elwha, Hurricane Ridge and others on the north side might work also. Would be glad to split gas/compensate you for going out of your way up the Dosewallips. Let us know if we could somehow help you in this shuttle venture, we're flexible!

We did this about 6 hours behind you (saw your note Canela!) and had a fine time crossing the creeks at around 600am when we got there. When we crossed them on the way back down, however, closer to the time you were crossing (10-11pm) they had doubled in size. Definitely not something I would choose to do in the dark with a headlamp... but we survived - definitely doable with some surveying and hiking poles. There were 6 creek crossings in total, 2 were much bigger than the other 4. Except for one switchback (added a couple cairns), and two spots with a load of blown over trees, the trail was easy to follow. If it starts to get hard to find, you've probably lost it - go back - the real trail is solid.

I know this is a long shot, but this jacket has not shown up anywhere since that trip, and that was the last time I saw it. Would really appreciate anyone that may have found it - pretty sure it would be worth it for me to drive to just about anywhere to go pick it up!