Grand Peak Olympic National Park

We drove out to the end of Obstruction Point Road to hike up to Grand Peak via Lillian Ridge and Grand Valley. Overall hike was 13 miles with 4,000+ ft gain.










We saw a few wildflowers in bloom up on Lillian Ridge.

Mt Olympus beyond Hurricane Ridge, lots of harebells in bloom along the trail today.

Looking towards Grand Ridge, some blue tarns below and orange paintbrush along the slope.














We saw some grouse as we headed down to Grand Valley















Grand Lake below in Grand Valley

As we descended down into Grand Valley we saw more wildflowers along the trail and an assortment of fungi










Looking across a field of wildflowers as we hiked past Moose Lake












Love to see wildflowers growing in nature's rock gardens!












We opted to hike around Gladys Lake and take a break on the east shore.
Moose Mountain reflecting in Gladys Lake

We saw lots of butterflies among the wildflowers today












we also saw several frogs alongside the trail

Grand Creek below, Grand Peak above


















We saw several marmots in the wildflower fields of Gladys Basin

Lots of wildflowers in bloom along the creek

One of the tarns beneath Grand Peak

Looking down at Grand Valley and Moose Mountain as we climb up to Grand Pass

looking southwest from Grand Pass

Trail leading up to Grand Peak

View to a tarn below looking southwest from the trail up to Grand Peak












Pano from Grand Peak looking west:

Pano from Grand Peak looking east:

To the west is Mt Olympus, Lillian Lake below, and further down the slopes we watched a black bear (not in photo)

a small tarn below Grand Peak

pink paintbrush and partridge foot in a creek bed below Grand Peak
















We walked over to see a couple of the tarns in Gladys Basin on our hike back down into Grand Valley.
One of them was filled with tadpoles

and those in the stage between tadpole and frog.

One of the tarns in Gladys Basin

As we hiked down through Gladys Basin, I looked back at this lovely view, pond in the foreground, Grand Peak in the background

fawn drinking from a pond













more grouse as we hiked back up to Lillian Ridge

Hiker and deer silhouetted up on Lillian Ridge

photo of the deer as I reached the ridge line












Our hiking shadows as we drew near to Obstruction Point