Aurora Ridge Trail, Olympic Nat’l Park near-in backcountry, some safe route-finding, sedate splendor, light usage

Aurora Ridge Trail runs 16 miles along Aurora Ridge, which borders the south side of Lake Crescent, in the northwest of Olympic National Park.  Its Aurora Ridge Trailhead is on the Sol Duc Hot Springs Road.  The trail climbs the west end of the ridge gradually, eventually gaining 3,000 feet, before ending in the east – still in high country – at the intersection with Aurora Divide Trail.

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