Map
Trailhead sign
Joyce at one of the many hot spring pools
Cindy guarded the packed while
we investigated the hot springs.
Finally on the trail and off
the road
Little giant mushroom
Lower Boulder Creek falls
Doug and Don
Dead fall from the December
2007 storm
Name this mushroom?
Name this mushroom?
Mother mushroom and mushroomlet.
Emerging from the trees to cross the
south fork of Boulder Creek.
Subalpine Fir
Nearing Oyster Lake. We camped
on the flat you can see here above the lake in the fog.
Setting up camp
Our drinking water. It was cold on
night one and the water had a thin frozen layer in the morning.
Joyce returning from foggy peak near
camp
My food and Don's food hanging from
bear wires. Don and Cindy's food bag weighed 15 lbs
Breakfast at sun up
Elk on snow field. You can see this snow field
is just above the tent in the previous photo.
Me and the Dragon Feet shortly
before we separated
Mt Olympus from our camp site. There
were two hikers camped near us. Their tent is near the tree. There was also
a couple camped at Oyster Lake. Both were headed for the Cat Creek Way
Trail.
Mt Olympus from the trail to
Spread Eagle Pass.
Spread Eagle Pass from near camp
site
Nearing Spread Eagle Pass.
At this point I realized I did not have any food.
At this point I realized I did not have any food.
Mouse on a Stick
Windy Hollow from Spread Eagle
Pass. I began decending along the left ridge.
Looking back up to the pass. The two
that camped near us were watching my descent.
Mr. Bear #1 on my path. He
ran down into the trees near the shelter when I banged my poles together.
Mr. Bear #2 across the small tarn.
He also descended down towards Herb's shelter.
This is how close I got to Windy Hollow.
The bears made me think twice about descending any further.
Back up at the pass looking
down the Cat Creek Way Trail.
Looking back down at Windy Hollow. The easeist route
to the shelter would be from the left over the boulder field then
down through the trees.
The third cirque along Cat Creek Basin
Mt Olympus
The second cirque along the Cat Creek Way Trail.
Cat Creek Basin
Cat Lake or "Swimming Bear Lake"
Cat Lake
Mt Olympus glacier
Heading back across third cirque.
I lost the trail several times in the central
rocky area.
Mt Fairchild, Mt. Carrie and Cat Peak
Mt Olympus and old stump
Mr. Bear #3 in the third
cirque.
The old man and the mountains
This is bear #4 or it could be #3
again. This is where I ran out of drinking water.
The typical steep hillsides.
I stopped here and ate handfulls of huckleberries.
Almost back to Spread Eagle Pass.
Looking down at Windy Hollow again.
It looks like Herb built the shelter were it had a view of Mt Olympus.
Name ?
Name ?
Many butterflies on this bear
scat. Umm yummy.
Grouse
My tent and Mt Olympus.
Tent at Oyster Lake. The only
other campers the second night. Two boys accompanying their father
for several nights in the Olympic Mountains for his 50th birthday present.
More Mt Olympus
Still more Mt Olympus
Sun down over Appleton
Moon in the morning
Mt Baker from camp
Moon taken with new zoom lense.
There is a goat in the center of this picture
Heading back there is this cool campsite just below the
no fires zone.
Deadfall on trail
More deadfall on trail
Little giant is still guarding the trail.
These last 6 images were mistakenly left out of
order
Hydnellum Peckii a tooth Fungus
Cirque #3
Hiding Mushroom
Hikers on Cirque #3
Early morning tent with Mt Olympus behind
Digital zoom of the elk herd
