| Day Hikes Day hikes are a safe, easy way to gain the skills you will need to stay safe in the wild--all while learning about the natural and social history of the area. You will learn about the 10 Essentials, map and compass, trip planning, risk management, and staying found. Your Guide will lend you a kit with some of the Ten Essentials, and you will hike +/- 7 miles while learning about Olympic National Park. Trips do not leave every day, so Reserve Your Spot Today! |
Backpacking Backpacking sweeps the backpacker into the wild world of wilderness with all its grandeur and intensity. Backpackers can hike for almost as many days and almost as far as they want: for example, from Staircase in the southeast corner of the park to the Grand Valley in the northeast, from the Dosewallips in the east to Quinault in the west, or from Elwah in the north to Sol Duc in the west. Consider these routes for your ultimate wildnerness experience. Then Reserve Your Spot! |
| Leave No Trace (LNT) Trainings Leave No Trace is the national standard for outdoor recreation ethics from a conservation perspective. The Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics has established two main basic trainings in LNT: Awareness Workshops and Trainer Courses. Awareness Workshops last only a couple hours and offer little or no outdoor training. Trainer Courses are an intensive overnight experience with some backpacking. Reserve Your Spot for the course that's right for you. |
Scouting Guide and owner Jason Bausher is an Eagle Scout, Vigil Honor recipient, and is Wood Badge-trained. He can advise your troop about 50-miler hikes, the Leave No Trace Awareness Award, and merit badges such as Hiking, Backpacking, Camping, and Climbing. Jason can also serve as a liaison with the National Park Service to organize work parties or service projects in Olympic National Park. PLUS: Grays Harbor Boy Scouts receive FREE TRAININGS! Reserve Time for Your Program. |
| Service Tourism on the Olympic Peninsula will only last if we work to conserve the resource by doing trailwork, raising money for political action, and by teaching wildness to the generation to whom we hand over the earth. Sign Up Today to do or give what you can for the preservation of our children's earth. Where are your talents? Clearing trails? Educating National Park visitors about Leave No Trace ethics and practices? Raising money from friends, family, and business associates? Leading Boy or Girl Scouts? YOU CAN HELP!!! |
Mountain Seminars Do the mountains, rivers, and glaciers of Olympic National Park merely form one big playground, or is wilderness essential to our Being as embodied Beings in the world? Jason Bausher works on questions such as this in his environmental philosophy, and he shares his research in mountain seminars. He received his master's degree in theology from Yale University and is finishing an M.A. while in a doctoral program in philosophy. Check out a few of the seminars. Don't see your burning "big questions" being asked on this list? Email Olympic Mountain School for a custom program. |
Olympic Wine Hikes
Olympic Mountain School invites you to taste wine and panoramic Olympic scenery with Olympic Mountain Wine Hikes. East-side Olympic Peninsula wineries offer world-class wines to enjoy with wines "grown" from grapes nurtured in western and eastern Washington wine country. After a well-paced morning of wine tasting and a hearty lunch, your guide will lead you or your small group to an afternoon hike with a bottle of your day's selected wine to enjoy from atop Olympic rock or meadow. Combine your Wine Hike with the Culinary Delight Hike to reach the pinnacle of gustatory ecstasy while enjoying panoramic vistas or solemn rainforest solitude. Enjoy fresh bread, cheese, fresh fruit, choice prosciutto and other culinary delights with your wine while your guide replicates the fine meal of your choice from an alpine promontory. Survey the scenery while sipping your wine from special wine goblets made for backpacking. Enjoy a bit of elegance while "roughing it" in the mountains.
Consider bringing a romantic flame for a date he or she will never forget. A honeymooner's tent will offer a bit of privacy and protection from mosquitos while enjoying some special time with your special someone. Imagine a slowly-burning campfire or flickering candlelight outside your mountain lovers' bivouac and simulated candlelight or a bath of glorious mountain moonlight.
Or bring a group of friends who will always remember you as the one who organized "that gourmet wine hike in the mountains." Your guide will be your cook, designated driver, and "designated hiker." As a former bartender trained to monitor and limit alcohol consumption, your guide will help you keep your party safe and sane as you enjoy a limited amount of outstanding Puget Sound wine with breathtaking mountain views.
Culinary Delight Hikes depart mainly from Hurricane Ridge, Sol Duc, Hoh, Quinault, Shi Shi Beach, Rialto Beach, and Third Beach trailheads.
Click HERE for information on porter support. Enlisting porter services will lighten your load and thereby offer you enhanced opportunity to focus on enjoying your adventure. If your physical condition is not as great as it once was, this option may offer the margin of success necessary for living out your dream for your romantic vacation or your special time with friends. This is also an important option for persons challenged by a disability.
"What to Bring" is listed on the HIKING page.
Current prices and forms are found on the PRICES and FORMS pages.
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