Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
The Making of the Mountains 1
Biogeography of an Island Range 3
Original Inhabitants 4
The Olympic Forests 4
How Climate Change Is Altering the Park 7
How to Use This Guide 8
Planning Your Trip 9
A Few Words of Caution 10
Fording Creeks and Pavers 11
How to Follow a Faint Trail 12
Zero-Impact Hiking and Camping 15
Advanced Planning to Minimize Impacts 15
On the Trail 16
Selecting a Campsite 16
Campfires 17
Human Waste Disposal 17
Washing 19
Regulations and Guidelines Specific to Olympic National Park 20
Regulations Specific to National Forest Wilderness Areas 20
Short Strolls and Nature Walks 22
Map Legend 28
The Hikes
Sol Duc-Lake Crescent 29
1 Pyramid Peak Trail 31
2 The Spruce Railroad Trail 34
3 Mount Storm King 36
4 Mount Muller 38
5 Aurora Ridge 41
6 The North Fork of the Sol Due 45
7 Mink Lake-Little Divide 47
8 The High Divide Loop 49
Additional Trails 54
Elwha River-Hurricane Ridge 55
9 The Happy Lake Ridge Loop 57
10 Appleton Pass 60
11 The Elwha River 63
12 The Geyser Valley Complex 68
13 Dodger Point 71
14 Hayden Pass 75
15 Hurricane Ridge Loops 79
16 Hurricane Hill 81
17 The Klahhane Ridge Loop 84
18 Mount Angeles 87
19 PJ Lake 89
Additional Trails 91
The Rainshadow 92
20 Elk Mountain 94
21 Badger Valley 97
22 Grand Valley 99
23 Cameron Pass 103
24 The Lower Gray Wolf River 106
25 The Upper Gray Wolf River 109
26 The Upper Dungeness Trail 114
27 The Royal Basin 118
28 The Tubal Cam Trail 120
29 Marmot Pass 124
30 Mount Towns end-Silver Lake 126
31 Tunnel Creek 129
32 Mount Zion 132
Additional Trails 134
The Hood Canal Country 135
33 The Dosewallips River 136
34 Anderson Pass 140
35 Constance Pass 144
36 Lake Constance 148
37 Lacrosse Pass 150
38 Jupiter Ridge 153
39 The Duckabush River 156
40 Lena Lakes 161
41 Mildred Lakes 164
42 Mount Ellinor 167
43 Mount Rose 170
44 Wagonwheel Lake 173
45 The North Fork of the Skokomish 175
46 Flapjack Lakes 180
47 Six Ridge 183
Additional Trails 187
The Western Approaches 188
48 Colonel Bob 189
49 Lake Sundown 193
50 Enchanted Valley 197
51 O'Neil Pass 201
52 The North Fork of the Quinault 204
53 The Skyline Trail 209
54 The Queets River 214
55 The South Fork of the Hoh River 217
56 The Hoh River 219
57 Hoh Lake 223
58 The Bogachiel River 226
59 Ragged Ridge 230
Additional Trails 232
The Olympic Coastline 233
60 Elephant Rock 235
61 The Kalaloch Beaches 239
62 The South Wilderness Coast 242
63 The Quillayute Needles (Second Beach) 246
64 The Shipwreck Coast 248
65 The Ozette Loop 253
66 Point of the Arches 257
67 Shi Shi Beach 261
68 Cape Flattery 264
Additional Trails 266
Appendix A Extended Trips 267
Appendix B Backcountry Camping Areas in Olympic National Park 269
Appendix C Backcountry Camping Areas in Olympic National Forest 272
Appendix D Backcountry Camping Areas on the Olympic Coastline 273
Appendix E Contact Information 274
About the Author 275
