Tag Archive for: Wilderness Coast

PNT day 72 – Cape Alava
Pacific Northwest Trail, USANorwegian Memorial Camp (1207.1) to Cape Alava (1217.0)
9.9 miles
When I left my tent early in the morning at 6 am it wasn't only misty, it was drizzling and everything was wet. It looked like I would never see the sun today! I went back into…

PNT day 71 – Tidal challenges
Pacific Northwest Trail, USAHole-in-the-Wall Camp (1199.7) to Norwegian Memorial Camp (1207.1)
7.4 miles
Today's coastal hike wasn't too easy and I was stopped way too early by tidal restrictions.
But let's start at the beginning....
Once again I had to leave Camp…

PNT day 70 – La Push & Quillayute River
Pacific Northwest Trail, USAScott Creek Camp (1190.4) to Hole-in-the-Wall Camp (1199.7)
9.3 miles
I woke up and stayed in my sleeping bag until 7:30. There was no rush as I wanted to go around Scott's Bluff which required a tide of only 1 ft. This would be the case short…

PNT day 69 – Wilderness Coast
Pacific Northwest Trail, USAHoh River Camp (1178.1) to Scott Creek Camp (1190.7)
12.6 miles
I woke up early because I was excited. But I was also tired and so I was lying awake in my tent from around 4:30 to 6:30.
It was past seven when I walked down the road towards…

PNT day 68 – Hoh River
Pacific Northwest Trail, USABogachiel State Park (1156.6) to Hoh River Camp (1178.4)
21.8 miles
I sat at the picnic table at my campsite and started writing a blogpost when two men with three big dogs showed up. They asked for the river. I pointed in the rough direction…