• 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 Visitor Center

plowing the ridge visitor center parking lot

NPS

The Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center, located at elevation 5,242 feet at the top of Hurricane Ridge Road, is open daily, weather permitting, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center
The Visitor Center will open for the winter season on December 17, 2010. The information desk will be staffed daily from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. A schedule of ranger-led activities at Hurricane Ridge is available here.

 

Snack Bar and Ski Shop
Starting December 11, the Hurricane Ridge Snack Bar and Ski Shop is open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, weather permitting.

The snack bar and ski shop will also operate on holiday weekends for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Monday, January 17) and Washington’s Birthday (Monday, February 21) and during the holiday period from Sunday, December 26 through Sunday, January 2.

Did You Know?

snow covered forest and meadow

That endemic Olympic snow moles are scurrying beneath this blanket of snow?  Olympic National Park's Hurricane Ridge is blanketed with over ten feet of snow for most of the winter, providing water for summer and protection for snow moles in winter.