{"id":2187,"date":"2023-05-15T21:26:49","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T04:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/?p=2187"},"modified":"2023-05-15T21:26:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T04:26:49","slug":"copper-creek-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/?p=2187","title":{"rendered":"Copper Creek Hike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Trip Date:<\/strong> August 7th, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Narrow-View-over-Lake-Cushman.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Narrow-View-over-Lake-Cushman.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2191\" height=\"600\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Old Growth Trees overwatching Lake Cushman<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">This was a challenging Sunday afternoon hike in the peak of the summer heat. While there were large crows of folks around the shores of Lake Cushman, there was still solitude to be found in the Olympic National Forest. The Copper Creek Trail (#876), while only rated moderately difficult, is quite the workout, climbing steeply up the forested mountainside, gaining a few thousand feet elevation in only a few miles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-normal-font-size\"><strong>GPS Track of the Hike:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.gaiagps.com\/public\/C0Pu05FfxIPhFVxcSsdyxVoM?embed=True\" style=\"border:none; overflow-y: hidden; background-color:white; min-width: 320px; max-width:600px; width:100%; height: 420px;\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"seamless\"><\/iframe><\/center>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-normal-font-size\"><strong>YouTube video of this Gravel Bound journey:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aP6aluindeM\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/center>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">At the start of the trail, the slope is relatively low, as the trail makes it way up from the trailhead, traveling up the valley cut by the Copper Creek. The sides of the trail are flanked by ferns and moss covered trees, making for a serene morning hike through the forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Forested-Copper-Creek-Trail.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Forested-Copper-Creek-Trail.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2192\" width=\"600\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Copper Creek Trail flanked by ferns and moss covered trees<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">The trail snakes back and forth across the Copper Creek numerous times, with various types of bridges spanning the gaps carved in the geography by the flowing water. An impressive foot bridge crosses over a wide portion of the stream, which was reduced down to only a small trickle of flow when I visited. During the spring snow melt, the water must rage down this valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Big-bridge-over-copper-creek.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Big-bridge-over-copper-creek.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2193\" width=\"600\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Large foot bridge over the Copper Creek<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img src=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Copper-Creek-Flowing-Over-Rocks.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2197\" width=\"600\"\/><figcaption>Copper Creek in Mid-Summer 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">After a few strenuous miles of uphill hiking, I had ascended over 2000 feet above Lake Cushman. In numerous places along the trail were sneaky views between the large old growth trees of the Lake way down below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Lake-Cushman-Through-the-Trees.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Lake-Cushman-Through-the-Trees.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2201\" width=\"600\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Lake Cushman from 2000 feet above the shoreline<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Even though I did not make it to the summit of the trail on this hike, I still had an excellent time visiting the Olympic National Forest. 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