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IBEXtrax.com - Olympic Mountains of Washington StateOlympic Park |
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03 011 Shawn C along Queets River in Olympic rainforest
Hiking the Queets River Trail in the Olympic National Park, the way lies amid groves of bigleaf maple swollen with luxuriant mosses, and shrubs and ferns. Pacific Coast Rain Forest. Jun73
03 012 Chris H near Bob Ck shelter along the Queets R
Near Bob Ck shelter along the Queets River, the high rain forest canopy drips with moisture well after the rain stops falling from the sky. This leaves the valley hiker in continuous rainfall.
03 136 Mt Anderson above Anderson Pass ONP
Mount Anderson above Anderson Pass. The route ascends the switchbacks on the left then goes through Flypaper Pass to the Eel Glacier. To the left is the West Pk and to the right is the main summit. Access is up the Dosewallips River from Brinnon on Hoods Canal. Eleven miles of trail passes through Diamond then Honeymoon Meadows. This leads to the Siberia Shelter at Anderson Pass. Olympic National Park. July 75
06 079 Skokomish shelter in Olympic National Park
Small log shelters were once plentiful throughout the forests of Washington State. However, most have now been demolished due to safety concerns. The Skokomish River Shelter at Camp Pleasant in Olympic National Park is set amongst magnificent old-growth western hemlock, western red cedar, and huge Douglas-fir. These towering evergreen trees provide a shady home for elk, black-tailed deer, and black bears.
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