Katie on Cape Flattery at sunset
Olympic Coast and Cape Alava (Westernmost point in continental US)
Eric and Katie
Nov 10-12, 2017
We headed west out of Seattle on Friday morning and tried to stop off at Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park, but snow had already closed the road. We continued west and reached Cape Flattery in the evening. After a short 0.5-mile hike we got to the coast for an amazing view of sunset over Tatoosh Island. We stealth-camped nearby that evening in the woods.
The next morning we drove to Ozette in Olympic National Park, and hiked a few miles west to the coast. We timed it so we reached the coast at low tide, and hiked out to Cannonball Island on Cape Alava to reach the westernmost dryland point in the continental US.
We then hiked south down the coast, admiring lots of seastacks, then hiked back to the trailhead in the rain. That night we slept in the trailhead parking lot in pouring rain, and drove back to Seattle the next morning.
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