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Seven Lakes Basin Backpacking Permits For July 9-20 Available Beginning Day Before Trip

The administrative closure of the Seven Lakes Basin/High Divide area in Olympic National Park for July 9 through July 20 is no longer in effect. Seven Lakes Basin is a quota area and permits will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis for backpacking trips during this timeframe. Permits will be available in person beginning the day before the trip. Advance reservation requests will not be accepted for these dates.

Rehab Work To Begin On Hurricane Hill Trail At Olympic National Park

A long-running, much-needed, rehabilitation project for the Hurricane Hill Trail at Olympic National Park is set to start Monday. The project includes installing masonry retaining walls, drainage improvements, paving to 8-foot width, bench installation, revegetation, and improving the first four-tenths of a mile of the trail to federal accessibility standards.

Three National Parks, Three Medical Emergencies, One Helicopter = Three Rescues In One Day

There are many days at Mount Rainier National Park when the contracted helicopter they pay $2,900 a day to be available sits idle, glinting in the sunshine. But then there are days like Sunday, when the whirlybird crisscrossed Washington state to perform rescues at three national parks.

Here's Your Olympic National Park Primer For Summer

Olympic National Park crews have been working hard to clean, clear, and prepare park roads and facilities for the summer season. When planning to visit Olympic, visitors are encouraged to call the recorded Road & Weather line at 360-565-3131 for current conditions updated twice daily. Visitors can also find important travel alerts and trip planning information on the park website.

$1 Million Gift Funds Valuable Projects At Mount Rainier, North Cascades, And Olympic National Parks

As beautiful as Mount Rainier National Park is during warm, calm weather, it can be extremely dangerous when a snowstorm rolls in with rangers or researchers on the mountain or in its forests without cell coverage. Thanks to a seven-figure gift from the estate of a Washington woman, it soon will be easier to track those individuals even at the height of a storm.

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