• Olympic: Three Parks in One

    Olympic

    National Park Washington

  • Olympic Hot Springs Road Closed

    The Elwha Valley's Olympic Hot Springs Road is closed to public entry beyond the Altair Campground during removal of the Glines Canyon Dam. Olympic Hot Springs is not accessible from the Elwha.

Hurricane Ridge Current Conditions

Note: Please call (360)565-3131 for the most current information if date below is not current.

Last Update: Daily updates of this page have stopped for the season. Please call (360)565-3131 for the most current information

Road Status: Open 24 hours a day, weather and staffing permitting

*Tire chains may be required depending on road and weather conditions.*

Gift Shop/Snack Bar/Rental Shop: Open weekends, and will be open daily beginning May 25, 2012.

Ski Lift Status: Closed

Sledding & Tubing: 8 years old and under only.

Weather:   See Automated Weather Station and Webcam

 

Current Weather Conditions
Links to data from the Hurricane Ridge Weather Station and the Waterhole SNOTEL site.

 

Detailed Weather Forecast
Links to current National Weather Service forecast for Hurricane Ridge area.

 
 
Hurricane Ridge Lodge 3.16.12
Hurricane Ridge Lodge on 3.16.12
NPS Dave Turner
 
Rotary Plow at east end of parking lot 3.16.12
Rotary plow at east end of parking lot 3.16.12
NPS Dave Turner
 
Avalanche Hurricane Ridge  2-19-12
Avalanche on upper slope  of "near face" in poma bowl area, Hurricane Ridge, February 19, 2012
NPS photo by Nicole Bernard

Did You Know?

star-shaped purple flowers growing in a crack of a rock

That the Piper's bellflower is unique to the Olympic Mountains? Named after an early Olympic peninsula botanist, the Piper's bellflower grows in cracks and crevices of high elevation rock outcrops.