Middle Fork Big Creek (Olympic Peninsula)

A nice short technical canyon in the Wynoochee Valley with easy access and can be descended in a couple of hours. It's committing and there's some cool geology and deep pools inside. Natural anchors are sparse on some of the drops; be prepared. Some rappels are now bolted, but others will still require natural anchor building skills.

From the parking area, just walk up the road on the north side of the creek. Keep going up until the road flattens out and bends right (all of five minutes). Break off the road and thrash down into the creek wherever is easiest.

Pass through a short micro-narrows. The creek opens up a bit, but continue on another minute or so. The creek swings left, climb down a short drop to the top of R1.

Upon reaching the culvert, look DCR to find a user trail leading directly up to the road.