Mount Townsend Climber's Log : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost

Mount Townsend Climber's Log

cascadescrambler - Aug 26, 2019 10:42 pm Date Climbed: Aug 10, 1996

Townsend

Hike

mountainloverCO - Jun 19, 2017 11:58 am Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2017

Cloudy Day

Beautiful but cloudy day on Mt. Townsend. Wish I could have seen the views. The trail was in great shape. A nice hike that I hope to do again on a clear day.

ZakG - May 2, 2017 11:58 pm Date Climbed: Jun 14, 1997

Trail Hikin'

A nice hike. We could see the peaks but not the water. I should go back someday.

Snidely Whiplash - Dec 6, 2016 11:50 pm Date Climbed: Apr 16, 1989

Early Melt out

No better day trip in the Olympics.

Ian Culhane - Aug 12, 2016 10:18 pm Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2016

Perseid meteor shower

Camped just below the summit to watch the Perseid meteor shower. Great views of all the cities on the Puget Sound at night; we had the whole mountain to ourselves the whole night

BooRadley - Jul 23, 2016 11:28 pm Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2016

Foggy day

Socked in views, but great hike in the Olympics.

Brian Jenkins - Oct 17, 2015 1:10 am Date Climbed: Oct 16, 2015

Beautiful Day

With Luna on a warm Fall day. Up in about 1 hour 45 minutes. Great views from the other Olympics to Victoria to Baker to Glacier to Seattle. Easier than I thought it would be so we added on Zion after this one to get 4000+ feet in today.

Tnarg - Oct 6, 2014 12:14 am Date Climbed: Oct 5, 2014

Beautiful Day

Decided at the last minute to drive from Olympia and do Townsend finally. I got there pretty late, and charged up. The views were stupendous. I could see every volcano from Baker to Hood. A rewarding hike for the amount of effort required, I'll be back.

nlahue - Nov 16, 2013 9:48 pm Date Climbed: Nov 2, 2013

Last minute hike

Was supposed to go kayaking in the sound but it was blowing a good 45 knots so opted for a hike instead. Was a blast with some good snow cover on top (brand new as we were hiking) and the winds made the summit more intense. Short beautiful views through the cloud cover.

JRB - Aug 4, 2013 12:57 pm Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2009

Great day hike

A good afternoon day hike to the top with great views back toward Seattle

pookster1127 - Jan 14, 2013 2:20 pm

Great views of Seattle

Topped out with 30 of my closest friends in a Troop 230 afternoon outing from Camp Parsons. Cooked chicken wraps for dinner at a beautiful overlook. We love the Olympics

coonrad - Oct 4, 2012 2:28 pm

Towsend via Dirty Face

Took the Dirty Face Ridge trail on July 4. Rhodies were in full bloom. Great day hike. Lots of people on top for the 4th.

TR

olygtx06 - Sep 22, 2012 12:57 pm Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2012

summit

Jerry L - Jul 30, 2012 11:50 pm Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2012

did it

Went from north got onto wrong trail and bagged it when weather got bad.

Went back 2 days later and did it.

lidijagrazulis - Jul 22, 2012 12:21 am Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2012

Socked in summit, but flowers were gorgeous

Can't wait to go back and see the famous views!!

pingzingr - Jul 9, 2012 1:21 am Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2012

Summit via North Trailhead

Good day trip up from the northern, higher trailhead. Nice walk up through the trees and out on top. Beautiful sun all day long, a little hazy for far off views but into the Olympics was beautiful. More people than I have been used to in my Olympic travels but a good hike nonetheless.