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| | This part of Washington has a tremendous deal of available outdoors pastimes. It's a lengthy trip from Port Angeles to Long Ridge Trail, but it's one of those places where hiking is good. When you're here in Washington backcountry hiking along one of its backpacking and hiking trails is something that is always fun to do. The warmest time of the year at Long Ridge Trail arrives with high temperatures in the 70's, and throughout summer nights temperatures are in the 50's. The cold days of the wintertime come with highs in the 40's with temperatures at |
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Long Ridge Trail dipping down into the 30's throughout winter nights. There are so many good backpacking and hiking trails for backcountry hiking in Washington, and among these are Long Ridge Trail in Clallam County. Each backpacking and hiking trail in Washington is striking in
| | its own way. Sometimes this great outdoors trail gets really dry, so do check for current fire restrictions before you go if you plan to bring a stove or make a camp fire. The wilderness hiking trails of the Olympic Mountains are a very glorious way to see these mountains. This is a long great outdoors trail, so make sure you bring plenty of supplies. This hike should take you about 6 days, so make sure you've got all your overnight gear packed. Long Ridge Trail has only one trailhead, so you're looking at an in and out walk. Long Ridge Trail goes through | |
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some very different elevations, so keep in mind that you may need to dress differently at different elevations. This hiking trail has a total elevation difference of 5,708 feet, and that is higher than average. This is one of many backpacking trails in the surrounding vicinity.
This wilderness hiking trail is a wilderness hiking trail of glorious length having an average number of uphill miles which makes this backpacking trail fine for hard core backpackers looking for adventure. Long Ridge Trail gets a large amount of water; through December this neighborhood
sees the most rain, and the driest month of the year is July. Finally, hiking time is here again, and Long Ridge Trail in Clallam County, Washington is such an outstanding place. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in place. With its 40.2 miles of
walking distance; it's longer than many wilderness hiking trails.
Briefly about the general area:
A pleasant spree to Krause Bottom is a brilliant way to spend an afternoon, and you can run the rapids of Elwha River. Yeah, come up here to the Olympic Mountains for a
tremendous time. Since you're here at Long Ridge Trail why not have a look at Grand Canyon; if you came for an overnight stay Altair Campgrounds is a good site to camp.
Be careful coming to the Olympic Mountains, you might not ever want to return back home again. There's whitewater
on Elwha River for all you adrenaline people; there's some flowing water nearby, Fairchild Creek is a stream you can check out during your stay. You just can't picture the amount of outdoors entertaining things the area near Long Ridge Trail has to offer. You must have a look at
Angeles Point when you're here at Long Ridge Trail; Press Valley is a glorious spot to stretch your legs a bit.
Soleduck Ranger District is a glorious local forest, and do put some time aside to spend at Service Falls while you're here at Long Ridge Trail. Lillian River is
in the neighborhood of Long Ridge Trail and is always a bliss to check out, and the vistas at Olympic National Park will blow your mind. It's always tremendous to take a look at Winslow Spring, and Elwha Dam RV Park is a great campground nearby.
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Location of Trailhead: Latitude 47.9724, Longitude -123.5092
- - Directions and Road Map
Total in and out hiking length = 40.2 miles
Total climbing distance = 17.8 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
6 days
Fast Hiking Pace:
4 days
Total elevation difference: 5708 feet
Quality Inn Uptown, Port Angeles
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12 miles away
Below the mountains, above the harbor, Quality Inn is located on the bluff overlooking the Port Angeles Harbor, the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Vancouver Island. Hotel is within close proximity of the ...
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Red Lion Hotel Port Angeles, Port Angeles
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12 miles away
Guestroom renovations were completed in May 2006. The Red Lion Hotel Port Angeles has been setting the standard for Olympic Peninsula hospitality for over 30 years. Situated on the shores of Hollywood...
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User input for Long Ridge Trail, Olympic Mountains, Clallam County, Washington:
Outdoors Recreation Near Port Angeles, Washington
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| These outdoors activities are available near Long Ridge Trail. |
| | Trails Near Long Ridge Trail:
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Lillian River Trail, Clallam County
County
, 2 miles away, 25.4 hiking miles, 4030 feet elevation difference |
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Elwha River Trail, Clallam County
County
, 3 miles away, 64 hiking miles, 4020 feet elevation difference |
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Hurricane Hill Trail, Clallam County
County
, 4 miles away, 5.9 hiking miles, 5674 feet elevation difference |
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Little River Trail, Clallam County
County
, 5 miles away, 7.5 hiking miles, 5188 feet elevation difference |
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Lake Creek Trail, Clallam County
County
, 11 miles away, 4.4 hiking miles, 557 feet elevation difference |
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Happy Lake Ridge Trail, Clallam County
County
, 11 miles away, 17.2 hiking miles, 4377 feet elevation difference |
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Boulder Lake Trail, Clallam County
County
, 11 miles away, 11.6 hiking miles, 2971 feet elevation difference |
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| | Whitewater Near Long Ridge Trail:
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Elwha River, Clallam County
County
, 2 miles away, Class V - 8.5 miles long (Grand Canyon) |
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Elwha River, Clallam County
County
, 6 miles away, Class II-III(IV) - 4.5 miles long (Mills Reservoir to Highway 101) |
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Elwha River, Clallam County
County
, 10 miles away, Class II - 4.9 miles long (Aldwell Reservoir to river mouth) |
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Quinault River - North Fork, Jefferson County
County
, 13 miles away, Class V - 3 miles long (Geoduck Creek to Kimta Creek) |
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Quinault River, Jefferson County
County
, 15 miles away, Class IV-V - 3 miles long (Pony Bridge to Graves Creek) |
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| | Hotels Near Long Ridge Trail:
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Quality Inn Uptown, Port Angeles
, 12 miles away |
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Red Lion Hotel Port Angeles, Port Angeles
, 12 miles away |
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Days Inn Port Angeles, Port Angeles
, 13 miles away |
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Super 8 Port Angeles, Port Angeles
, 13 miles away |
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Quality Inn & Suites Sequim, Sequim
, 29 miles away |
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13 miles away
