Happy Lake Ridge Trail, Olympic Nat’l Park close-in, easy-access, lightly-used, less-dramatic, classic backpacking, loop

appy Lake Ridge Trail is part of a complete loop-route, 17 miles long.  It’s a 3,000′ climb from the , topping out in about 3 miles, and then a subalpine walk along a very broad & mild, semi-open ridge-system; almost rolling plateau-like.  There is standard camping at , which someone once called wet and buggy …