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Month: July 2015

US Army Helicopters Look to Ruin the PNW Wilderness Experience

War training exercises are coming to your favorite wilderness areas. First, the Navy came for the wilderness regions around Olympic National Park. Now, it appears the US Army is taking a page from the Navy’s book and are looking to conduct helicopter missions 365 days a year, day and night over the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, …

Washington’s Olympic National Park Coast: #BetterThanOregon

One thing that frustrates me far more than it should is the Oregon Coast. I am not frustrated by the fact that it exists, or that people from all over the world love cities like Cannon Beach, Seaside, and Coos Bay. I am not even frustrated when people try to convince me that The Goonies …

Olympic National Park Sees 38% Jump in June Visitation

If you have been thinking Olympic National Park is a bit more crowded this year, you are absolutely right. With some of the best natural scenery in the world, visitors from across the globe flock to our little corner of the world in hopes to see the sites of what many consider to be the …

Stranded Orca Rescued in Hartley Bay, British Columbia

In a breaking story out of northern British Columbia, the small region known as Hartley Bay will soon to become the center of attention, thanks to an amazing rescue of a stranded orca whale. On July 22nd, reports started coming in to the community about an orca whale stranded on rocks. Within minutes, groups from around …

This Summer, Hike Olympic National Park’s Maiden Peak

The naming of Olympic National Park’s Maiden Peak is under debate, but the most likely story of why the area is called as such comes from the book Gods and Goblins. In the book, it is said that Maiden Lake and Maiden Peak got named in the summer of 1913, when a bunch of young …

Visitors in Yellowstone Really Need to Stop Taking Pictures With Bison…

For the fifth time this summer, a tourist in Yellowstone National Park has been injured by a bison goring them while they were taking a picture. This time, the victim of the attack, a 43 year old woman from Mississippi, knew of the danger, but saw others near the bison and decided posing for a picture would …

Queets Rainforest Paradise Fire Update: Now With Video

The Paradise Fire in the Queets Rainforest of Olympic National Park continue to burn. The fire, which was started by a lightning strike on May 15th, 2015 has increased in size to nearly 1,800 acres, with just 21% of the perimeter contained. The fire is expected to burn until it extinguishes itself naturally. A crew …

Your Guide to the Campgrounds of Olympic National Park

Olympic National Park is known for amazing views, fantastic hiking and some of the last true wilderness in America, yet few know of all of the unique camping opportunities along the roads of the park. Spread around the region, camping in Olympic offers visitors a wide of variety of choices.

75+ Tons of Trash Left on the Beach at Ocean Shores on the 4th of July

The 4th of July is the time we celebrate the birth of America, the land of the free. Each year, Americans seem to celebrate the national holiday the best way they know how, by setting off hundreds of millions of dollars of fireworks. The 4th of July in 2015 was no different, but what stands out from …

Video: Big Four Ice Caves Collapse, Almost Smashing Tourists

UPDATED July 6th at 7:20PM We are getting reports that the caves have yet again collapsed today, this time with injuries reported. Snohomish County crews are on their way up and we will keep you updated on the story ASAP.  Again, there has been another collapse of the Big Four Ice Caves in the North …