We did a 3 day backpacking in Hoh river forest. Its a very dense real forest, full of animals and beauty. At the end was a magnificent glacier which we did not know about when starting the trail.
Day 1:
We covered the first 10 flat miles this day. This was all flat and not difficult to cover. We found a really nice camping spot right next to the river.
Day 2:
We took light day packs and wanted to cover some distance into the forest to some meadows. Since the distance was short and we had only day packs, we started quite late thinking we had plenty of time. How wrong were we! Heading into the deep jungle, we met some folks on the way. They said that meadows are ok, but just beyond there is a awesome glacier. We were not sure that we have enough time to cover it. We had to cross a recently washed off trail which was interesting, but I was not looking forward to crossing it back! Once we reached the meadows, we were quite disappointed because there was actually nothing there. There was though a steep rocky hike beyond which was the blue glacier. We debated a bit if we have time to get up there, but since the meadows were a disappointment and we were up for adventure, we decided to give it our best shot thinking that we will return at a specific time. So we mustered all our strength and ran up the rocky patch. We were in for a real surprise. After about 30 - 40min of hike, we were greeted by one of the most magnificent sites I have seen to this date, a vast spread of Blue Glacier, looking like a river dropping off at far end. The site was just awesome, worth all the effort. (I will not say worth the risk, because if anything was to happen to us in the jungle, nothing would be worth that kind of risk!).
After spending some time there and relaxing, we somehow peeled ourselves of the site and starting running down. The light was failing and we had a really long way to go through dense jungle. It obviously grew pitch dark soon and we somehow fumbled our way towards the campsite. I was absolutely scared, and was really grateful when we finally saw the campsite. We had covered close to 17 miles, the longest distance I have covered to this day.
Day 3:
Like day one, this was just packing up and walking the 10 miles out of the forest. On the way out, we thought we can hear lot of voices, some animal and some that sounded like that of a child. It was scary and freaky!
Day 1:
We covered the first 10 flat miles this day. This was all flat and not difficult to cover. We found a really nice camping spot right next to the river.Day 2:
We took light day packs and wanted to cover some distance into the forest to some meadows. Since the distance was short and we had only day packs, we started quite late thinking we had plenty of time. How wrong were we! Heading into the deep jungle, we met some folks on the way. They said that meadows are ok, but just beyond there is a awesome glacier. We were not sure that we have enough time to cover it. We had to cross a recently washed off trail which was interesting, but I was not looking forward to crossing it back! Once we reached the meadows, we were quite disappointed because there was actually nothing there. There was though a steep rocky hike beyond which was the blue glacier. We debated a bit if we have time to get up there, but since the meadows were a disappointment and we were up for adventure, we decided to give it our best shot thinking that we will return at a specific time. So we mustered all our strength and ran up the rocky patch. We were in for a real surprise. After about 30 - 40min of hike, we were greeted by one of the most magnificent sites I have seen to this date, a vast spread of Blue Glacier, looking like a river dropping off at far end. The site was just awesome, worth all the effort. (I will not say worth the risk, because if anything was to happen to us in the jungle, nothing would be worth that kind of risk!).
After spending some time there and relaxing, we somehow peeled ourselves of the site and starting running down. The light was failing and we had a really long way to go through dense jungle. It obviously grew pitch dark soon and we somehow fumbled our way towards the campsite. I was absolutely scared, and was really grateful when we finally saw the campsite. We had covered close to 17 miles, the longest distance I have covered to this day. Day 3:
Like day one, this was just packing up and walking the 10 miles out of the forest. On the way out, we thought we can hear lot of voices, some animal and some that sounded like that of a child. It was scary and freaky!