Mt Townsend,  Olympic National Park,  September 12, 2011     page 7 / 24

The views improved further as the trees ceded to open meadow and rock. I reached the summit about 10:00 am, about three hours from the trailhead. The weather was good, but Puget Sound was filled with fog. The southern sky was tainted with smoke from the Duckabush Valley's Big Hump fire.