Elwha Basin Way Trail, Olympic Nat’l Park

lwha Basin Way Trail is an informal route through , a meadows-complex in the lower headwaters of the .  This path serves mainly to connect the end of the formal to the upstream , another informal route-feature.  These two paths are used to gain the crest of the , and to access (or exit) its …

Elwha Basin, Elwha River, Olympic Nat’l Park

lwha Basin is a relatively low-elevation complex of several brushy meadows, the first feature encountered as the leaves its lowland valley and mounts its headwaters.  Rather scenic & dramatic, it is a rough amphitheater along the base and lower slopes of first , then , and finally .  Avalanches and rockfall from the surrounding craigs …