Washington state officials hope revising a disaster declaration will bring federal aid to reopen the Hoh Rainforest in ...

Washington state will fund repairs to the Upper Hoh Road, which washed out late last year. “Heavy rains washed out part of ...

In December, the Hoh River took out Jefferson County’s Upper Hoh Road, the only vehicular access to the Hoh Rain Forest ...

Private donors gave $27,000 toward the repairs, which Jefferson County officials are hoping to complete before summer.

“The other rainforest areas of the park have sketchier access, gravel roads, no visitor centers, no developed campgrounds… Temperate rainforests define Olympic National Park, and the Hoh Valley is ...

Heavy rains in December heightened flow in the Hoh River and caused several feet of the road to erode, putting it “in danger for imminent failure” at milepost 9.7, according to the National ...

The forest gets its name from the Hoh River, which continuously flows from Mount Olympus toward the Pacific Coast. However, the true history behind the name’s origin has been lost to time.

Heavy rains elevated the neighboring Hoh River, eroding part of the county-maintained road, causing the park to announce the closure Dec. 23. The road is located southeast of Forks, in a remote ...

An official at Jefferson County, which maintains Upper Hoh Road adjacent to the Hoh River, said a lack of emergency federal funding for repairs is behind the lag. Eric Kuzma, assistant public ...