Qué hay en Parque nacional Olympic, Estados Unidos, a lo largo del año

Concurrido — Winter / Christmas break en Estados Unidos, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Hurricane Ridge winter access (1 Dic – 31 Mar)

Temporada media — un mes normal

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Hurricane Ridge winter access (1 Dic – 31 Mar)

Concurrido — Spring break en Estados Unidos

En marzo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Hurricane Ridge winter access (1 Dic – 31 Mar)

Temporada media — un mes normal

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Concurrido — Memorial Day weekend

• Festivo

  Memorial Day weekend

  23–25 MayFiesta nacionalMucha genteReserva pronto

  Memorial Day, the last Monday of May, opens the summer travel season: over the long weekend campsites and lodging book out, roads are slow, and parking at the most popular spots fills early in the day. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Summer break en Estados Unidos, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Naturaleza

  Subalpine wildflowers

  20 Jun – 10 Ago · normalmenteFlores silvestres

  The Hurricane Ridge meadows bloom in the few weeks after the snow leaves, usually late June into July. The date moves by a fortnight either way depending on what the winter left behind.

Máxima afluencia — The dry window, Summer break en Estados Unidos

• Apertura

  High country opens

  1 Jul – 10 Oct · normalmenteTemporada de senderos

  Obstruction Point Road, Deer Park and the high traverses only clear in July, weeks after the rainforest has greened up. Before then the ridge is a snowshoe, not a walk. Fuente ↗

• Temporada

  The dry window

  5 Jul – 15 SepTemporada secaMucha gente

  The wettest corner of the lower 48 takes about ten weeks off in high summer. It is the only stretch when the coast, the rainforest and the ridge all work on one trip, and everyone knows it.

Sigue en marcha: Subalpine wildflowers (20 Jun – 10 Ago (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, The dry window

• Festivo

  Labor Day weekend

  5–7 SepFiesta nacionalMucha genteReserva pronto

  Labor Day, the first Monday of September, is the last big getaway of summer: the long weekend books out campsites and lodging and fills parking early, and families thin out quickly once it has passed. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Subalpine wildflowers (20 Jun – 10 Ago (normalmente)), High country opens (1 Jul – 10 Oct (normalmente)), The dry window (5 Jul – 15 Sep)

Máxima afluencia — The dry window, Labor Day weekend

• Naturaleza

  Coho Salmon Run

  1 Sep – 31 Oct · normalmenteTemporada de fauna

  Coho salmon push up the Sol Duc River each fall and leap the falls at Salmon Cascades; a short, wheelchair-accessible viewing platform off Highway 101 makes it one of the park's easiest wildlife sightings. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Roosevelt elk rut

  5 Sep – 20 Oct · normalmenteTemporada de fauna

  Bulls bugle through the Hoh and Queets valleys from early September, and the sound carries a long way under that canopy. Keep well back; they are the largest elk in North America and unbothered by people.

Sigue en marcha: High country opens (1 Jul – 10 Oct (normalmente)), The dry window (5 Jul – 15 Sep), Labor Day weekend (5–7 Sep)

Temporada media — un mes normal

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: High country opens (1 Jul – 10 Oct (normalmente)), Coho Salmon Run (1 Sep – 31 Oct (normalmente)), Roosevelt elk rut (5 Sep – 20 Oct (normalmente))

Concurrido — Thanksgiving break en Estados Unidos

En noviembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Concurrido — Winter / Christmas break en Estados Unidos, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Cierre

  Hurricane Ridge winter access

  1 Dic – 31 Mar

  The only road to the alpine is ploughed Friday to Sunday and holiday Mondays in winter, with uphill traffic allowed 9am to 4pm and chains required in the vehicle. The rest of the week the gate stays shut. Fuente ↗