Ohanapecosh Area
Day 3 - Ohanapecosh
We drove from Sunrise to the Ohanapecosh campground and set up camp in the old growth forest. I immediately went fishing and caught about a half dozen small trout in the river just below our camp. The next day we awoke to low clouds and decided to do a flat, but long forest hike since views were out of the question anyway. We took off from camp and went up the river first to Silver Falls.
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| Ohanapecosh River at the campground bridge | Silver Falls |
We then continued north and went to visit the Grove of the Patriarchs, a group of 1000 year old Cedars, Douglas Firs, and Western Hemlocks.
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| 1000 year old trees in the Grove of the Patriarchs | Giant Cedar |
After the Grove we continued up the lightly travelled East Side trail through more virgin forest following the river until we finally came to a bridge where the river was a small waterfall.