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Other Activities => Other Adventures => Topic started by: fillthefreezer on April 08, 2013, 07:58:06 AM

Title: activities near PA
Post by: fillthefreezer on April 08, 2013, 07:58:06 AM: headin out to port angeles this weekend, any recommendations on stuff to do out there this time of year? places to go, things to see? would love to see some scenery, elk, goats,etc
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Post by: jackelope on April 08, 2013, 07:58:30 AM: Hurricane Ridge hike.
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Post by: wildmanoutdoors on April 08, 2013, 08:07:16 AM: Dungeness spit is a nice hike too.
Game farm
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Post by: bobcat on April 08, 2013, 09:42:12 AM: I'd check into snow conditions on Hurricane Ridge before planning a trip up there. It's a great place to see, but I'm not sure you can even get there, this early in the year. If you can, and do, bring snowshoes!
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Post by: washelkhntr on April 08, 2013, 10:08:02 AM: Yea the road up to the ridge is closed still. We wanted to try to get up there this weekend.

http://www.nps.gov/olym/planyourvisit/hurricane-ridge-current-conditions.htm (http://www.nps.gov/olym/planyourvisit/hurricane-ridge-current-conditions.htm)
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Post by: snowpack on April 08, 2013, 10:11:58 AM: You could come out near Forks. There is a place that has giant plastic balls like hamsters play in, but they are for humans. You start at the top of a hill and roll down. They have a field that gets an elk herd, so I want to do it when the herd is there...'elk bowling'. :chuckle:
Also I think it is last weekend for wilds steelhead fishing.
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Post by: fillthefreezer on April 08, 2013, 10:20:55 AM: id like to get out and hike some but not too much, this is a trip for the wife (last weekend before bear starts :IBCOOL:) so we wont be doing 3k of ascent or 10mi trips