Flapjack Lakes via North Fork Skokomish River — Saturday, Jul. 11, 1998

Olympic Peninsula > Hood Canal

No snow at the lakes.The trail to Mt Gladys is still snowbound from 4800' up to the pass. I spent two nights at the lakes followed a snow chute up the side of Mt Cruiser before heading back to Portland. The trip was worth it and the cloudy sometimes drippy weather kept the mosquitos to a minimum. Lots of berries to be had on the staircase trail and up to about 2500' on the trail to the lakes. Bears are enjoying the berries also and one bear left it's calling card just off the trail in the form of a debarked and freshly claw-marked tree. The meadows above Flapjack Lakes are not yet in bloom but look ready to launch in the next couple of weeks.