
Lower Big Quilcene Trail
January 30 2011
Inspired by Jim’s trip report from the 22nd, two different groups of people I know were planning to hike the Lower Big Quilcene trail. Isaac, Kyle and Craig were in one group, Ron, Tess, Paul N and myself in the other. A third set of folks I invited at the last minute also showed up, Paul C and his hometown friend Sarah.The trip to the trailhead could have been better planned by all involved. We left Silverdale around 7:45 and quickly lost the way to the trailhead once we got on the forest roads. For some reason we decided to take the side road that leads to the Tunnel Creek Trailhead. We followed that Road for about 4 miles and I am sad to report that the way to Tunnel Creek is blocked by a large rock slide about 4 miles in. It is going to take some big machinery, a big stick of dynomite, or both to clear it. Luckily it didn’t appear to have damaged the road other than blocking it. I did not get a picture of it.
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