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- SPECIAL NOTICE
As of 08/24/26
And remember, No Hike Leader, No Hike. So please, look over the schedule and if there are any hike(s) you feel comfortable leading, contact me (stevesee@ymail.com) and I'll get you on the schedule.
Ramblers Hike Schedule
(Q4– 2026)
(October, November, December)
**NOTE**
We have set the limit of hikers to 16 for each hike (including leader, also leader may reduce this limit due to circumstances). If you would like to go, you MUST contact the hike leader via email by Sunday at 2 p.m. before the Monday scheduled hike AND NO SOONER THAN THE HIKE ANOUNCEMENT VIA THE RAMBLERGRAM (The Ramblergram will come out on Thursdays around 8AM). You will get a confirmation that you are one of the people hiking.
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10/05 (A) Deer Hair Rock (Andrea Fry – Leader)
(B) Hurricane Hill Late Start 9am (TBD - Leader)
10/12 (A) Heather Park (Marlyn Hunt – Leader)
(B) Slab Camp to Duncan Flats AMBLER (Carlyn Syvanen - Leader)
10/19 (*) Chimacum Ridge Community Forest (Cindy Enstrom – Leader)
(*) 13th Anniversary
10/26 (A) Dosewallips to Campground (Diane Grove - Leader)
(B) Dosewallips to Cascades AMBLER (Pat Gritman - Leader)
11/02 (A) Mt Angeles Meadow (Marilyn Snook - Leader)
(B) Sunrise to Victor Pass (Carlyn Syvanen - Leader)
11/09 (A) Lake Angeles (Geoffrey Fowler – Leader)
(B) Maple Valley – Steam Donkey AMBLER (TBD - Leader)
11/16 (A) Herrick Rd to Madison Falls Shuttle (MJ Mitchell - Leader)
(B) Madison Falls to Glines Canyon (Lori Reale - Leader)
11/23 (A) ODT-Keeler Rd to Longhouse (Geoffrey Fowler - Leader)
(B) ODT-Keeler Rd to State Park AMBLER (TBD - Leader)
11/30 (A) Gibbs Lake (Jamileh Pott - Leader)
(B) Gibbs Lake AMBLER (Pat Gritman - Leader)
12/07 (A) Miller Peninsula (Sequim Bay Rd) (Geoffrey Fowler - Leader)
(B) Spruce R/R Trail w/Lodge Lunch (Bev Atkinson - Leader)
12/14 (A) Mt Pleasant Loop (Marilyn Snook - Leader)
(B) Leader’s Choice (Carlyn Syvanen - Leader)
12/21 (A) Mt Angles Rd to Heart o’ the Forest (Debbie Hannevig - Leader)
Christmas Lunch
12/28 (A) Leader’s Choice (Marilyn Snook - Leader)
(B) Cassidy Creek (Rosie Tomlin - Leader)
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10/19/26 Chimacum Ridge Community Forest
Rambler's 13th Anniversary Hike
We did this hike for the first time this past February and it seemed to be a good choice for our anniversary hike.
We'll only have this one hike this week so everyone can celebrate 13 years of wonderful Rambler hiking together!
This trail system, owned by the Jefferson Land Trust, was officially opened to the public in September 2025. The system consists of nine trails, many of which are multi-use for hiking, biking, and horseback riding. Most of the hiking is through forests of Douglas fir, western red cedar, hemlock, bigleaf maple and alder, but some old clearcuts open up views. Some of the hiking is on old logging roads, though the terrain is diverse and very pretty. Our leader will choose a route, but the hike can consist of hiking up to a large loop which encircles the top of the Ridge, with some scenic spur trails coming off that Ridge loop trail.
The bonus is, there's a nice, large, covered pavilion near the trailhead that we will be able to use for our tailgating which of course, will include a celebration CAKE!
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Date: 10/19/26
Distance: ~5 to 8 miles
Elevation Gain: ~300 to 500 feet
Hike Leader: Cindy Enstrom
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If you are interested in this hike, email the hike leader by 2 pm on the Sunday before the hike AND NO SOONER THAN THE HIKE ANOUNCEMENT VIA THE RAMBLERGRAM. You will get a confirmation that you are on the list of hikers.
As always, our time and place of meeting are:
The public parking lot on Sequim Avenue (east side) just north of Washington.
We will leave at 8:30am. Please arrive about 10 minutes earlier for announcements and car assignments. The reimbursement for the drivers will be $5 from Sequim. Drivers may require masks.
If you have any questions or need additional information about the hike, please contact the Hike Leaders as early as possible.
10/26/26 Dosewallips to Campground
Hike 'A': Dosewallips to Campground
From US 101 south of Quilcene, we’ll drive to the end of the Dosewallips River Road, parking where the road ends at the wash-out that happened in the winter of 2016-2017. This followed the major washout that happened in 2002 which permanently closed off the road to the Dosewallips Campground. We’ll follow the old roadbed for a little over a mile until we reach that original washout. When the water is low, you can walk along the river where the slide occurred, otherwise a bypass trail takes you up and around the slide. After the slide area we return to the road, which is now a wide tree-lined avenue along the river. At the USFS primitive Elkhorn campground, the trail climbs above the river and proceeds on to enter Olympic National Park. On the right it passes a rather vertical trail up to Constance Lake. Now the trail ascends steeply, edging a series of cataracts (known as Dosewallips Falls), where the river ‘cascades’ over big boulders in frothy white torrents. At the top we descend gradually to Dosewallips Campground in lovely Muscott Flat meadows. A seasonal ranger station used to be here but was completely removed in 2025 along with other amenities. It once hosted many campers who could drive there! It’s a great place for lunch alongside the river.
Afterwards, we’ll retrace our steps back to the cars.
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Date: 10/26/26
Distance: 13.4 miles
Elevation Gain: 1,650 feet
Hike Leader: Diane Grove
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If you are interested in this hike, email the hike leader by 2 pm on the Sunday before the hike AND NO SOONER THAN THE HIKE ANOUNCEMENT VIA THE RAMBLERGRAM. You will get a confirmation that you are on the list of hikers.
As always, our time and place of meeting are:
The public parking lot on Sequim Avenue (east side) just north of Washington.
We will leave at 8:30am. Please arrive about 10 minutes earlier for announcements and car assignments. The reimbursement for the drivers will be $7 from Sequim. Drivers may require masks.
If you have any questions or need additional information about the hike, please contact the Hike Leaders as early as possible.
10/26/26 Dosewallips to Cascades
Hike 'B': Dosewallips to Cascades
Same as today's 'A' hike but we’ll hike to the bottom of the cascades and no farther. We won’t go all the way to the campground.
Afterwards, we’ll retrace our steps back to the cars.
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Date: 10/26/26
Distance: 10.4 miles
Elevation Gain: 1,300 feet
Hike Leader: Pat Gritman
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If you are interested in this hike, email the hike leader by 2 pm on the Sunday before the hike AND NO SOONER THAN THE HIKE ANOUNCEMENT VIA THE RAMBLERGRAM. You will get a confirmation that you are on the list of hikers.
As always, our time and place of meeting are:
The public parking lot on Sequim Avenue (east side) just north of Washington.
We will leave at 8:30am. Please arrive about 10 minutes earlier for announcements and car assignments. The reimbursement for the drivers will be $7 from Sequim. Drivers may require masks.
If you have any questions or need additional information about the hike, please contact the Hike Leaders as early as possible.
11/02/26 Mt. Angeles Meadow
Hike 'A': Mt. Angeles Meadow
This hike will begin at the now lost Hurricane Ridge Lodge and follows the Klahhane Ridge Trail to a meadow at the base of Mt Angeles. When leaving the parking lot, we will make a steep but short ascent to the top of a knoll before beginning a hike that can best be described as up-and-down for approximately 2.3 miles to the Mt Angeles trail junction. From there it's a steep climb for 1.5 miles to the meadow below Mt Angeles. This is a great place for lunch before returning to our cars.
A couple of things of note… The elevation gain is officially just 600 ft. but that’s deceiving. The parking lot is at 5200 ft. and our lunch spot is at 5900 ft. but the ups-and-downs make for a lot more climbing. Here are just a few elevation waypoints from the trailhead to the meadow: 5200, 5350, 5050, 5200, and 5900. The official 600 ft. elevation gain over 3.55 miles makes this trail sound like an easy grade, but it isn’t. There’s a steep climb at the very beginning and another steep climb at the end. Be prepared.
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Date: 11/02/26
Distance: 5.6 miles
Elevation Gain: 1,805 feet
Hike Leader: Marilyn Snook
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If you are interested in this hike, email the hike leader by 2 pm on the Sunday before the hike AND NO SOONER THAN THE HIKE ANOUNCEMENT VIA THE RAMBLERGRAM. You will get a confirmation that you are on the list of hikers.
As always, our time and place of meeting are:
The public parking lot on Sequim Avenue (east side) just north of Washington.
We will leave at 8:30am. Please arrive about 10 minutes earlier for announcements and car assignments. The reimbursement for the drivers will be $5 from Sequim. Drivers may require masks.
If you have any questions or need additional information about the hike, please contact the Hike Leaders as early as possible.
11/02/26 Sunrise to Victor Pass
Hike 'B': Sunrise to Victor Pass
We will start out the same as the 'A' hike but instead of going up the steep grade to the Mt Angeles Meadow, we'll continue along the Klahhane Ridge Trail, past the Switchback Trail junction and head up to Victor Pass where we can have our lunch. Afterwords we will retrace our steps back to the cars.
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Date: 11/02/26
Distance: ~7 miles
Elevation Gain: ~1,400 feet
Hike Leader: Carlyn Syvanen
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If you are interested in this hike, email the hike leader by 2 pm on the Sunday before the hike AND NO SOONER THAN THE HIKE ANOUNCEMENT VIA THE RAMBLERGRAM. You will get a confirmation that you are on the list of hikers.
As always, our time and place of meeting are:
The public parking lot on Sequim Avenue (east side) just north of Washington.
We will leave at 8:30am. Please arrive about 10 minutes earlier for announcements and car assignments. The reimbursement for the drivers will be $5 from Sequim. Drivers may require masks.
If you have any questions or need additional information about the hike, please contact the Hike Leaders as early as possible.
11/09/26 Lake Angeles
Hike 'A': Lake Angeles
In many ways this can be considered a lake-to-lake hike. Starting just to the south of Lake Dawn we will climb through a magnificent forest to the south edge of Lake Angeles. We’ll have lunch at the lake and then return to our cars. With an elevation gain of 2,400’ over 4.0 miles this is not an easy climb but one well worth it for the view of the lake. The key is to take your time.
Early in the hike we'll cross Ennis Creek and then later parallel both Ennis Creek and Lake Creek. So from the beginning to the end of this hike our constant companions are the waters of ONP.
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Date: 11/09/26
Distance: 8 miles
Elevation Gain: 2,477 feet
Hike Leader: Geoffrey Fowler
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If you are interested in this hike, email the hike leader by 2 pm on the Sunday before the hike AND NO SOONER THAN THE HIKE ANOUNCEMENT VIA THE RAMBLERGRAM. You will get a confirmation that you are on the list of hikers.
As always, our time and place of meeting are:
The public parking lot on Sequim Avenue (east side) just north of Washington.
We will leave at 8:30am. Please arrive about 10 minutes earlier for announcements and car assignments. The reimbursement for the drivers will be $3 from Sequim. Drivers may require masks.
If you have any questions or need additional information about the hike, please contact the Hike Leaders as early as possible.
11/09/26 Maple Valley - Steam Donkey
Hike 'B': Maple Valley - Steam Donkey
With names like the Steam Donkey Trail and Maple Valley Loop who wouldn’t want to hike through this area. Dosewallips State Park provides an interesting convergence of forest groves with saltwater delta. The 5 miles of trails winds its way through forests, up ridges and through open meadows. You'll cross creeks and enjoy the dappled sunlight coming through thick foliage of deciduous trees. Amble past waterfalls, through a valley lined with big leaf maples and western red cedar before switchbacking up to a ridgeline.
So how does this trail get its name – well a steam donkey was a piece of steam powered logging equipment used to pull logs through the forest once they'd been downed.
We’ll start our hike at the rest stop across from the campground and do a short walk along the river. We’ll then cut through the campground to reach the start of the trail.
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Date: 11/09/26
Distance: 4-5 miles
Elevation Gain: 700 feet
Hike Leader: TBD
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If you are interested in this hike, email the hike leader by 2 pm on the Sunday before the hike AND NO SOONER THAN THE HIKE ANOUNCEMENT VIA THE RAMBLERGRAM. You will get a confirmation that you are on the list of hikers.
As always, our time and place of meeting are:
The public parking lot on Sequim Avenue (east side) just north of Washington.
We will leave at 8:30am. Please arrive about 10 minutes earlier for announcements and car assignments. The reimbursement for the drivers will be $7 from Sequim. Drivers may require masks.
If you have any questions or need additional information about the hike, please contact the Hike Leaders as early as possible.
11/16/26 Herrick Rd to Madison Falls Shuttle
Hike 'A': Herrick Rd to Madison Falls Shuttle
This will be a shuttle hike starting at Herrick Road and ending at Madison Falls hence the need for the shuttle. Along the way we'll visit the old Altair Campground. Although the majority of it got washed away a few years ago, along with the road, it still has a nice shelter remaining where we can have lunch.
From there we'll continue on a relatively easy walk along the closed Olympic Hot Springs Road until we get to the bypass trail that gets us past the road washout that also took out the old Elwha Campground.
We will continue down to Madison Falls to our shuttle car to take the other drivers to retrieve their vehicles then enjoy our tailgate by the lovely Elwha River.
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Date: 11/16/26
Distance: 5.8 miles
Elevation Gain: 820 feet
Hike Leader: M J Mitchell
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If you are interested in this hike, email the hike leader by 2 pm on the Sunday before the hike AND NO SOONER THAN THE HIKE ANOUNCEMENT VIA THE RAMBLERGRAM. You will get a confirmation that you are on the list of hikers.
As always, our time and place of meeting are:
The public parking lot on Sequim Avenue (east side) just north of Washington.
We will leave at 8:30am. Please arrive about 10 minutes earlier for announcements and car assignments. The reimbursement for the drivers will be $5 from Sequim. Drivers may require masks.
If you have any questions or need additional information about the hike, please contact the Hike Leaders as early as possible.
11/16/26 Madison Falls to Glines Canyon
Hike 'B': Madison Falls to Glines Canyon
This is a relatively easy walk along the closed Olympic Hot Springs Road to the also closed (read washout) Altair ex-Campground. There is a section of trail walking that takes you off the road to bypass the road washout around the also washed out ex-Elwha Campground.
But overall, a nice, pleasant walk to take in the sights along the road. And after crossing the bridge over the Elwha River, you could stop and enjoy a nice, relaxing lunch at the old Altair Campground (or just make a quick stop) where there is still a nice shelter and picnic tables where you can take in the sights and sounds of the river. You can stop here or continue on another mile to the Glines Canyon Dam overlook for the views and your lunch.
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Date: 11/16/26
Distance: 6 miles to campground, 8 miles to dam overlook
Elevation Gain: 750 feet
Hike Leader: M J Mitchell
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If you are interested in this hike, email the hike leader by 2 pm on the Sunday before the hike AND NO SOONER THAN THE HIKE ANOUNCEMENT VIA THE RAMBLERGRAM. You will get a confirmation that you are on the list of hikers.
As always, our time and place of meeting are:
The public parking lot on Sequim Avenue (east side) just north of Washington.
We will leave at 8:30am. Please arrive about 10 minutes earlier for announcements and car assignments. The reimbursement for the drivers will be $5 from Sequim. Drivers may require masks.
If you have any questions or need additional information about the hike, please contact the Hike Leaders as early as possible.
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