Olympic Mountains Trail Guide by Robert Wood
Author:Robert Wood
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781594854149
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
Lake Constance
Mountain goats are abundant here. Wool clings to the brush, and the curious animals often approach campsites, especially at night. Marmots and birds are also present. Unfortunately, because of overuse, camping is now by reservation only, and the lake water is polluted. Camping quotas are in effect May 1–September 30. Contact the Wilderness Information Center for details.
84WEST FORK DOSEWALLIPS TRAIL
Length 9.1 mi/14.7 km
Access Dosewallips Trail
USGS Maps The Brothers; Mount Steel
Agency Olympic National Park
This route, also known as the Anderson Pass Trail, provides the shortest, quickest approach by trail to Mount Anderson, the dominant peak of the eastern Olympics. The trail begins on the Dosewallips Trail at Dose Forks (1800 ft/549 m), in a setting of tall firs, about a half mile below the confluence of the two branches of the Dosewallips River, and follows the West Fork to Anderson Pass.
Good campsites are located at Dose Forks along the north bank of the river, upstream from the bridge. The trail crosses the Dosewallips, where sunlight streaks down, glinting the waters, then meanders through forests of Douglas-fir having an understory of rhododendron, huckleberry, and salal. During early summer the pink rhododendron blossoms accent the dark green of the conifers; bunchberry and queencup beadlily carpet the forest floor.
The trail crosses the West Fork (0.9 mi/1.4 km; 1800 ft/549 m) just above Dose Forks, the point where the North Fork and the West Fork come together. Both streams flow through steep-walled canyons—the West Fork through a slot carved in thick sandstone beds turned on edge. The high footbridge overlooks the confluence of the two streams, where the clear waters of the West Fork mingle with the milky ones of the North Fork, the latter carrying a heavy load of glacial silt from the Eel Glacier on Mount Anderson.
On the north side the trail climbs through stands of fir and hemlock, but the soil is thin and stony, and the trees are not large. After an extended climb, the trail reaches a high point (2429 ft/740 m), where one can look across the West Fork. The route then descends sharply to Big Timber Camp (2.7 mi/4.3 km; 2300 ft/701 m), located by the river in a stand of Douglas-fir. Vine maple forms an understory beneath the old firs, which are not as large as the name would imply. Beyond this camp the rhododendrons disappear, and the up-and-down trail meanders through a dark forest, where pads of moss cover the ground, bunchberry and queencup beadlily blossom in June, and vine maple and devil’s club grow in the damper places.
Excellent campsites are located at Diamond Meadow (5.3 mi/8.5 km; 2692 ft/821 m), a pleasant place among the tall trees, where the hiker can listen to the birds singing and the river rushing by. The small glade—kept free of timber by avalanche snow that melts late in the season—is overgrown with cow parsnip, vanilla leaf, and huckleberry.
About a half mile beyond the meadow, the trail crosses the West Fork via the Lower Log Bridge, then steepens as it climbs up the now canyonlike valley, ascending what geologist Rowland W.
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