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Hurricane Ridge is a mountainous area in Washington's Olympic National Park. Approximately 18 miles (29 km) by road from Port Angeles , the ridge is open to hiking , skiing , and snowboarding and is one of the two most visited sites in the national park (along with the Hoh Rainforest ).
The Hurricane Ridge Ski and Snowboard Area is a small ski area in the northwest United States, located on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington.It is within Olympic National Park, seventeen miles (27 km) south of Port Angeles.
Winter access to Hurricane Ridge Road is currently limited to Friday through Sunday weather permitting. The Hurricane Ridge Winter Access Coalition is a community effort to restore seven-day-a-week access via the Hurricane Ridge Road (the only park road accessing alpine terrain in winter). Rafting is available on both the Elwha and Hoh Rivers.
Wind gusts as high as 50 mph and between 12 and 24 inches of snow will hit elevations higher than 3,000 feet in the Olympics, including the cities of Grisdale, Hurricane Ridge, Quinault, Mount ...
Hurricane Hill is a 5,757-foot (1,755 m) mountain summit located within Olympic National Park in Clallam County of Washington state. It is part of the Olympic Mountains and is situated at the western end of Hurricane Ridge within the Daniel J. Evans Wilderness .
A major hurricane is a Category 3 or higher based on the Saffir-Simpson Scale of Hurricane ... are pushed along by the circulation of the subtropical ridge which dominates the western Atlantic ...
Typical Olympic marmot habitat: a slope on Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park. Olympic marmots are native to the Olympic Mountains in the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state. [1] About 90% of Olympic marmots' total habitat is located in Olympic National Park, where they are often sighted, especially on Hurricane Hill. [23]
The origin of the word "hurricane" comes from the Taino Indigenous Caribbean word "hurakán," meaning evil spirits of the wind. Hurricanes are defined as tropical cyclones with sustained wind ...