Recreation
A large portion of the Bogachiel River is in the wilderness of Olympic National Park. The Bogachiel Trail, beginning a few miles outside the park, follows the Bogachiel River to the North Fork Bogachiel, then follows that river valley up into the high mountains, connecting to other trails thet lead north to the Sol Duc River valley and south to the Hoh River valley.
The Bogachiel River, along with the Quillayute's other tributaries, are popular for fishing. The rivers host the healthiest stocks of wild winter steelhead trout (the anadromous form of rainbow trout) in the Pacific Northwest, with as many as 19,000 fish returning in some years. The rivers also support large runs of Chinook and Coho salmon.
Unlike many other large rivers of the Olympic Peninsula, the headwaters of the Bogachiel and the other Quillayute tributaries are not glacier-fed. As a result they do not experience the kind of spring and summer flood pulse with heavy sediment loads. This gives the Bogachiel River a longer fishing season.
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