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Hike · Hurricane Hill trailhead

Hurricane Hill

Distance
3.2 mi
Vertical
4,701 ft
Summit
5,636 ft
Difficulty
Strenuous

Hurricane Hill is a 5,757-foot summit at the western end of Hurricane Ridge in the northern Olympic Mountains. The name fits the place: early Elwha Valley pioneers called it Old Hurricane for the winter gales that scour the open ridge, and a prospector named W. A. Hall formally…

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About Hurricane Hill

Hurricane Hill is a 5,757-foot (1,755 m) mountain summit located within Olympic National Park in Clallam County of Washington state. It is part of the Olympic Mountains and is situated at the western end of Hurricane Ridge within the Daniel J. Evans Wilderness. Hurricane Hill is nine miles south-southwest of Port Angeles and two miles northwest of the park's Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains to the Elwha River via various tributaries. Topographic relief is significant as the southwest aspect rises 5,100 feet (1,600 m) above the Elwha Valley in three miles.

Summary from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Hurricane Hill in late spring, snow still holding on the broad summit dome above conifer-mantled flanks.
Dave Sizer · CC BY 2.0
Summer view of Hurricane Hill's open summit ridge, the path of the trail visible as a thin line across the meadow.
Jeff Gunn · CC BY 2.0
From the upper Hurricane Hill Trail, the snowfields of the interior Olympics stretch out across the Elwha drainage.
Sea Cow · CC BY-SA 4.0
The paved switchbacks of the Hurricane Hill Trail climb steadily out of the trees toward the open summit ridge.
NPS Photo P. Wagner · Public domain

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