We drove up to Deer Park in Olympic National Park to hike out to Maiden Peak on the Grand Ridge Trail. This was 7.5 miles round trip with 1,800 ft gain. We only came across one other hiker on this trail today. The wildflowers started soon after the beginning of the trail, here were Columbine, lupine and sitka valerian.
We saw fields of avalanche lilies from where the snow had recently melted.
bunny by the side of the trail
After about 2 miles of hiking through the forest, we came out on to Grand Ridge, with fabulous views of the nearby peaks.
Looking ahead on the trail to Maiden Peak, our destination today.
wide angle view of some of the nearby peaks
zoom of some of the peaks
smoke prairie going to seedPano from on top of Maiden Peak going west to north to east:
Pano from on top of Maiden Peak going east to south to west:
zoom looking south into Grand Valley
heart shaped lichen on Maiden Peakloving the views on our hike back
view of Blue Mountain at Deer Park, with a very distant Mt Baker seeming to float in the sky
zoom of Mt Bakersome of the wildflower seen along the trail today:
