Marmot Pass

Pam and I had a rare weekday to play so we headed to the Peninsula and hiked Marmot Pass on the Big Quilcene Trail. We hit the trail at 7:22 because it was to be a hot day.

The trail starts out rolling and doesn't do much for the first mile and a half. After that it has small steep sections that level out for built it breaks. After about 3.5 miles there is a section that has a steeper grade that lasts for about .75 miles and then the rest is gentle to the pass.

We kept waiting for it to get hard and it really never did.

We hung around at the pass for 20 minutes or so to take some pictures and as we were packing up to head back down we saw a good sized goat on the trail just down from the pass. We headed down and he stayed put so we ventured off trail enough to cut him a wide berth and walked past him. He watched us but made no aggressive moves. I had bear spray ready and was glad not to use it.

We quickly descended and arrived back at the car at 11:52. We barely met Pam's rule of spending as much time on the trail as in the car to and from since it was a 2 hour drive each way.

There was plenty of signs of marmots, but no sightings.

Be very well and more soon....