A hand-picked starting point — the most welcoming, iconic, or just plain great outdoor groups in Olympic Peninsula.
Several hikes a week, year-round — mild to strenuous
📍 Rotating Olympics trailheads
Multiple member-led hikes each week; specific days/times vary by the posted schedule. Prospective members welcome.
Hurricane Ridge Winter Sports Club
Sat/Sun & holiday Mondays, 10am–4pm (snow season)
📍 Hurricane Ridge, Olympic National Park
Volunteer-run lift-served alpine/snowboard area (rope tows + Poma) inside the national park; lessons, tubing, and a race team. Gateway for adjacent backcountry terrain.
Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society
Wednesdays, 8:30am · free, all welcome
📍 Dungeness River Nature Center parking lot, Sequim
OPAS + River Center volunteers survey birds along the ODT in Railroad Bridge Park every Wednesday morning.