Mount Ellinor
1 week ago
Fog can shroud summit views
8 this month · 147 reports
Dry Creek
Olympic Peninsula
updated 1 month ago
Dry Creek Trail is experiencing significant overgrowth, particularly in the last mile, making navigation difficult in some sections as of August 8. This is despite trail work that occurred prior to July 1, which addressed some blowdowns. The trail has snow-free conditions, and the road is suitable for all vehicles. Water is present along the trail, and Dry Creek itself is not dry. Bugs have been minimal.
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What hikers ask about Dry Creek
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The road to the Dry Creek Trailhead is reported to be suitable for all vehicles. Access has been restored following a fire, and the road is in excellent condition as of August 4.
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Trail notes generated from recent reports. Conditions change fast.
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Older1 month ago
Olympic Peninsula > Hood Canal
People were not kidding when they said the trail is overgrown. The last mile is a bit rough but you can easily traverse it with good hiking shoes and long pants! Some of the bushes back there are poke...
Older1 month ago
Olympic Peninsula > Hood Canal
Now that the Staircase road has been reopened after last year's devastating fire, access to the Dry Creek TH has been restored. The access road is in excellent condition.The Dry Creek trail corridor w...
Older2 months ago
South Cascades > Mount Adams Area
We appreciated WTA's Mount Adams Jamboree last month that included work on the Dry Creek Trail to cut logs across the trail and powerbrush some sections. It meant easy hiking for us.Dry Creek was not ...
Older4 months ago
South Cascades > White Pass/Cowlitz River Valley
The trailhead is hard to spot, but Google Maps or Gaia will help you find it. Get out of the car where those maps show it and look for it. It is just a low level trail marker.First quarter mile go l...
Older9 months ago
South Cascades > White Pass/Cowlitz River Valley
We hiked Dry Creek Trail on a day when “dry” was nowhere to be found. Rain was the theme, but we decided to embrace it and head out anyway. The trailhead parking area felt more like a dead‑end road th...
Older10 months ago
South Cascades > White Pass/Cowlitz River Valley
This is a perfect rainy (light) day hike! The trail is tree covered so you can barely feel the rain, which keeps you dry. However I can see that the trail could get waterlogged in heavy rain.Finding ...
Older18 months ago
South Cascades
We attempted the trail from the big hallow trailhead but the water crossing at bourbon creek was a little too fast and deep for us to attempt, there was a log to get to the middle of the creek but fro...
Older19 months ago
South Cascades
Fun early season warmup. Trail is in good condition; most of the deadfall’s are taken care of. Snow free until the lookout rock on top. Had the mountain to myself am I’m always surprised how few peopl...
Older20 months ago
South Cascades
The trailhead is very easy to find. There are a decent amount of potholes on the road to the TH but passable for any vehicle with normal clearance. The bridge between the road and the TH was a little ...
Older20 months ago
Olympic Peninsula
The road to this trail has a few pot holes, but I think it doable for any type of car. There are a couple waterfalls on the way in and some really beautiful views of Lake Cushman.On a Tuesday, in the ...