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Basic Backpacking Field Trip - Lower Big Quilcene

Field trip: Basic Backpacking

Basic Backpacking Field Trip - Lower Big Quilcene

Overnight field trip for the Basic Backpacking Course. This is the last scheduled activity for the course.

Contacts

Alina Badus
Alina Badus
Primary Leader
  • Easy/Moderate
  • Moderate
  • Mileage: 10.0 mi
  • Elevation Gain: 800 ft
  • High Point Elevation: 2,000 ft
  • Pace: 1.5mph

Early season walk on a moss-lined trail winding through  large old-growth cedars.  Trail description and trip reports at WTA: Lower Big Quilcene River.

Saturday: hike 5.1 miles to Camp Jolley (600ft elevation gain). Set up camp.  If time and conditions allow, explore further towards Tenmile Shelter (1.4 miles round trip). 

Sunday: take down camp and hike out, aiming to leave around 8-9am and arrive at trailhead by noon.

About Basic Backpacking Field Trips

The Basic Backpacking Field Trip is the final scheduled activity of the Basic Backpacking Course.  For most students it will be their first overnight trip in the backcountry.  Basic Backpacking Field Trips are usually single-night trips along Easy or Moderate routes that do not present any unusual technical challenges.   

Meeting at trailhead on Saturday morning, probably around 8-9am. 

Route/Place

Lower Big Quilcene

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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

See course lectures and handouts.

Trip Reports