Olympic National Park, NW USA

lympic National Park is mainly the inner of the , a far northwest promontory of , at the far northwest corner of the United States.   The old-fashioned enters the Peninsula at its base, and circumnavigates the Park, mostly staying outside it.  ‘The Loop’ is a big part of the popularity of Olympic, and a …

Olympic Mountains, NW USA an outlying buckle in the subduction zone

lympic Mountains is a small (50-75 mi), cleanly-defined, roughly circular and radial, even slightly spiraled local range (barely) on the far northwest coast of the USA.   It dominates the interior of .  The Olympics are noted for their high degree of ruggedness, and for their high visibility from nearby urban and conurbated populations.  Many Seattlites …

Cat Creek, Elwha River, Olympic Nat’l Park Elwha river tributary, Olympic Park

at Creek is a left-bank, western tributary of the middle , a drainage of the of the in the .   There are no trails (or roads) into this watershed.  Partial views into Cat-terrain can be had from the subalpine .   Good glimpses of the lower & middle reaches of its cleft into the …