Mount Angeles and Klahhane Ridge are popular hiking destinations within the Hurricane Ridge area of Olympic National Park. The ridge runs east-west and connects the east face of Mount Angeles (6,454') with the jagged spires of neighboring Rocky Peak (6,218'). Views from Klahhane Ridge of some of the best on the entire Olympic Peninsula. The Cascades can be seen to the east, the Olympics to the south and west as well as Vancouver Island and the Strait of Juan de Fuca to the north. Mount Angeles can be reached via the Climbers Trail or accessed via Klahhane Ridge itself (recommended).

The central Olympic Mountains tower over the narrow Mount Angeles Trail

The Switchback Trail rides beneath the basalt outcrops of Mount Angeles

A young black tailed buck rests in the alpine meadows at Hurricane Ridge

Bent bands of volcanic breccia comprise the long summit ridge of Mt Angeles

Magenta Paintbrush only grows on the Olympic Peninsula and Vancouver Island BC and nowhere else in the world

Aromatic sage-like Western wormwood carpets the south face of Mount Angeles

A mountain goat peers over the summit of Mount Angeles - 6,545'

Views of Mount Olympus (7,979') are impressive from Mount Angeles and Klahhane Ride

Tiger lillies flourish in the subalpine meadows of Hurricane Ridge

Colorful bands of tilted volcanic rock make the Mount Angeles summit geologically interesting

Just before the Climbers Trail split, the trail begins its rise above treeline

Views from Klahhane Ridge are considered some of the best in the entire Olympic Peninsula

Martindale Lomitum, also called 'desert parsley' sparkle along the south face of Klahhane Ridge

Hurricane Hill (5,750') is another great destination in the greater Hurricane Ridge area