We drove out to the Northshore of Crescent Lake in Olympic National Park to hike two trails. First, we hiked up Pyramid Mountain, 7.5 miles round trip with 2,500' of gain. We only saw 8 other hikers on this beautiful Saturday. The trail is mostly in this lovely forest.
Early view with a small sliver of Crescent Lake
The trail crosses a couple of small streams.
There was a downed tree we crawled under just before the slide area.
The trail through the slide area was in better condition compared to when I was here 5 years ago.
View of Lake Crescent to the south from the slide area
We saw many calypso orchids along the trail today.
This trail is full of moss and ferns and a variety of evergreen trees.
View of Lake Crescent from a short spur trail.
Near the top, the trail on the north side had some snow.
Spotter's Cabin from WWII on top of Pyramid Mountain
View from the top to the west of Lake Crescent, Lake Sutherland and the Strait of Juan de Fuca
View from the top to the south of the Storm King area
Another viewpoint on Pyramid Mountain
On our hike down, we saw a woodpecker.some of the wildflowers and fungi we saw along the trail today:
No comments:
Post a Comment