Hva som skjer i Olympic National Park, United States gjennom året

Travelt — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Hurricane Ridge winter access (1. des – 31. mar)

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Hurricane Ridge winter access (1. des – 31. mar)

Travelt — Spring break i United States

Ingenting nytt starter i mars.

Fortsatt på gang: Hurricane Ridge winter access (1. des – 31. mar)

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Travelt — Memorial Day weekend

• Helligdag

  Memorial Day weekend

  23.–25. maiNasjonaldagMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Summer break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Natur

  Subalpine wildflowers

  20. jun – 10. aug · vanligvisVillblomster og blomstring

  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.

Toppsesong — The dry window, Summer break i United States

• Åpning

  High country opens

  1. jul – 10. okt · vanligvisStisesong

  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. Kilde ↗

• Sesong

  The dry window

  5. jul – 15. sepTørrsesongMye folk

  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.

Fortsatt på gang: Subalpine wildflowers (20. jun – 10. aug (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — reisende beskriver det som høysesong, The dry window

• Helligdag

  Labor Day weekend

  5.–7. sepNasjonaldagMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Subalpine wildflowers (20. jun – 10. aug (vanligvis)), High country opens (1. jul – 10. okt (vanligvis)), The dry window (5. jul – 15. sep)

Toppsesong — The dry window, Labor Day weekend

• Natur

  Coho Salmon Run

  1. sep – 31. okt · vanligvisDyrelivssesong

  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. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Roosevelt elk rut

  5. sep – 20. okt · vanligvisDyrelivssesong

  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.

Fortsatt på gang: High country opens (1. jul – 10. okt (vanligvis)), The dry window (5. jul – 15. sep), Labor Day weekend (5.–7. sep)

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: High country opens (1. jul – 10. okt (vanligvis)), Coho Salmon Run (1. sep – 31. okt (vanligvis)), Roosevelt elk rut (5. sep – 20. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — Thanksgiving break i United States

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Travelt — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Stengt

  Hurricane Ridge winter access

  1. des – 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. Kilde ↗