SUBSCRIBE | NEWSLETTERS | MAPS | VIDEOS | BLOGS | MARKETPLACE | CONTESTS
TRY BACKPACKER FREE!
SUBSCRIBE NOW and get
2 Free Issues and 3 Free Gifts!
Full Name:
Address 1:
Address 2:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Email: (required)
If I like it and decide to continue, I'll pay just $12.00, and receive a full one-year subscription (9 issues in all), a 73% savings off the newsstand price! If for any reason I decide not to continue, I'll write "cancel" on the invoice and owe nothing.
Your subscription includes 3 FREE downloadable booklets.
Or click here to pay now and get 2 extra issues
Offer valid in US only.
CLICK HERE TO LAUNCH FULL SCREEN MAP

Olympic National Park: Red Reef via Four Streams Trail

wa

Star Star Star Star Star

End your day with a splash on the Olympic Peninsula.

When spiking temps heat up the hiking in Olympic National Park beginning around early July, head for this superb swimming hole in the park’s southeast corner to find liquid relief. Throw a pair of sport sandals in your pack; you’ll need them on the rocks.

From the guard station, follow the Four Streams Trail up the South Fork of the Skokomish River toward Staircase Rapids. The trail leads river right less than a mile to Red Reef. Here you’ll find the emerald waters of the Skokomish River’s North Fork cascading down the ancient lime rock into a deep, refreshing pool. The current can be swift, even in late summer when water levels are lower, so test the flow by floating a branch downstream before jumping in. But overheated hikers will relish the bracing water, and perhaps even a plunge from a slanted, overhanging rock slab about 10 feet above the water’s surface.
 

Info: swimholes.com/backpacker.htm
 

-Hike provided by Pancho Doll, author of the Day Trips with a Splash series (Running Water Publications)

Post a comment

ADD A COMMENT

Your rating:
Your Name:

Comment:




Go
View all Gear
Find a retailer
Get 2 FREE Trial Issues and 3 FREE GIFTS
Survival Skills 101 • Eat Better
The Best Trails in America
YES! Please send me my FREE trial issues of Backpacker
and my 3 FREE downloadable booklets.
Full Name:
City:
Address 1:
Zip Code:
State:
Address 2:
Email (required):
Free trial offer valid for US subscribers only. Canadian subscriptions | International subscriptions