10.1 miles of hiking • 2250' elevation gain •
Rain, rain and more rain. It never stopped raining the entire day, but it was quite an awesome hike! Only saw a few people on the first 1-2 miles out, and nobody seen after that. At the Elk Mt. cutoff, we turned right instead of the usual left turn to Elk and/or King's Mt. We ended up hiking into private logged (but replanted) land. We didn't know it was private until we got home and saw where the Tillamook State Forest boundary ended. When we got back to the car, we changed some of our clothing as we were soaked inside and out! The 2300ft+ climb drenched us inside our rain gear on the way out.
