Not just in the park, but a lot of highway 101 in that area you won't have cell service.

Long story short I had a really rough year last year and just recently decided to go to college in the Fall this year and sadly Unibersity of Washington application deadline already passed 😭. But thanks for the WSU imput helps a lot.

Hello! WSU alum here. While I did not major in Comp Sci, lots of my friends did. They all have jobs in their field but they have pretty “average” jobs. No crazy FAANG positions but they are all happily employed. WSU computer science is textbook “decent.” You will learn good stuff and have a marketable degree after graduating, but it’s not a super duper impressive degree. University of Washington in comparison is much better but also much more competitive.

The only downside to WSU as a whole is that it is in a small town and might feel pretty remote to you if you are not used to that or expecting it. I loved living in Pullman but I know a lot of people who thought the town was too isolated. In my opinion WSU is a great school and Pullman is a great town. Highly recommend it but my opinion may be a little bias. Go Cougs!

I have AT&T and service is basically non-existent unless in Forks. I camp solo out that way frequently and personally find it refreshing to disconnect. It’s part of the experience. My phone is only used as a camera and if I need to check in I just go to Forks. I also fish solo on the rivers and have a Garmin satellite device for emergencies. It’s tiny and lets me send/receive simple text messages if needed (at five cents apiece on top of a monthly subscription plan) and has an SOS button if I ever need serious immediate help. If you’re worried about safety, I’d recommend something like that. Otherwise, try disconnecting! Even if service was an option, please don’t make audio calls while hiking trails. You’d be intruding on the solitude others went out there to find.

Forks had some, but once you’re in the park pretty much expect no service anywhere

None. Zero. Zip. Verizon.

And Black Duck has a great bar.

I KNEW IT!!

I didn’t have coverage really at all over there. AT&T

I’m sorry for your loss.

Agree, but so is rural Washington.

What about the tsunami burger in Long Beach? Is that on the list?

It's wilderness.

Verizon has the best coverage in the Olympics, but that's still not very good. You can find service on some high ridges, like High Divide and Klahhane Ridge, and in the Elwha Valley near Elwha Ranger Station, but in general you won't have service in river valleys like the Hoh. Haven't tried on the beaches, but I doubt you'd find much service.

Check out and enjoy your hike…

Eh their burgers aren’t even the best in Issaquah, and the root beer floats are joke. They thrive off location and people into gimmicky old school stuff.

Black Duck Cask is just down the street and delicious. Or swing over to Habit Burger for cost effective stuff.

That burger is a beast!

Thank you!

Cellular coverage has always been and will always be location dependent. And by that I mean exactly where you are standing at the moment you place a call. A few steps either direction in some remote places is the difference between some signal and absolutely none.

If you absolutely need coverage, buy a sat phone.

I had this a few years ago and it was one of the worst burgers I've had in my life. Root beer was really good though

Pretty good.

How's the root beer?

You got me. Haven’t been to all of Alaska. But it is truly beautiful.

The beauty is that a lot of these areas don't have coverage.

Enjoy that.

All of alaska?! Cmon…