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Olympic National Park (Mountains)
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The Olympic Mountains are among the most beautiful in North America. The most popular place to view the mountains of the park is from the spectacular Hurricane Ridge area. The first picture below is taken from on of the trails which lead upward from the ridge area.
Below is another view of a nearby mountain from one of the Hurricane Ridge trails. Fog and clouds lie over the lower valley sections.
Spectacular views of the mountains and surrounding areas can be gained from the Hurricane Hill Nature Trail not far from Hurricane Ridge. The pictures which follow were taken from that trail.
A view of the trail itself can be seen in the foreground of the picture below.
The trail itself traverses a meadow in the picture on the left.
Looking west, a spectacular view of the mountains of the Bailey Range is apparent here.
A similar shot of the Bailey range can be seen below. The highest mountain in the park is Mt. Olympus, at 7965 feet. It comes by its white covering and 7 glaciers naturally; over 200 feet of precipitation fall on its summit each year. The characteristic "folds" of the Bailey Range, visible below, are formed by the erosive action of melting snow and dripping glaciers.
Looking north from the summit of the trail reveals the Strait of Juan De Fuca, Vancouver Island in Canada, and the city of Victoria, British Columbia. The strait and the Puget Sound, which it is connected to the strait on the east side, were carved by glacial action.
Below is another short of the Bailey Range and the slopes of nearby mountains from the nature trail.
Finally, the Bailey Range can also be seen from the valley of the Hoh River on the west side of the park, in the center of the picture below, across the mountains from the pictures above.
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