Geyser Valley, Elwha River, Olympic Nat’l Park day-hiking the Elwha River wilds

eyser Valley along with , its best-known locale, form an area at the beginning of the that is popular for day-hiking and easy, laid-back weekend camp-outs. Most people who come here just call the whole area Humes Ranch. It’s a real valley, which much of the Elwha River ‘valley’ is decidely not. There was once …

Goblins Gate, Elwha River, Olympic Nat’l Park

[G]oblins Gate is a dramatic entrance to the of the in .  It’s at the lower end of and the area.  The river is suddenly pinched into a narrow canyon between vertical rock walls (like a gate).  It is an easy day-hike to Goblins Gate, via . A broad, low ridge of resistant rock, a …