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I'm considering a backpack on the olympic coast in February or March, weather permitting. Has anyone have suggestions about good camping spots, and any beta about conditions in the winter?
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Cold with rain, followed by rain with cold (think 40 degrees or so).  For my taste, miserable, a great time for storm watching at the coast, with a warm hotel room.  Not the time I'd be backpacking.

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Expect wet (bring tent, tarp, hot drinks, solid rain gear, leave towel and dry clothes in car at trailhead) If lucky a glorious technicolor grey storm will be screaming in from the pacific.
Hike the Ozette loop. First night at Alava (turn north at beach, campsite before outhouse) Day 2 hike beach to sand Point (check out Petroglyphs along the way) camp south of Sand Point closer to Wish Creek. Last day hike back to Ozette trailhead.

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I second Random Walker...South Sand Point is nice and you can visit Yellow Bank during a low tide.  No fires at Sand Point, though.  The winter isn't the time to try to cross the Ozette River, for sure.
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