Old Water barrel at the beginning of the East Fork Quinalt river trail - maybe used for the campground? Junction with the Graves creek trail - near the beginning of the East Fork Quinalt river trail Anderson Pass will be our eventual goal on Friday (day 3) Very old picnic table alongside trail near the start - East Fork Quinault river trail East Fork Quinault River Pony Bridge East Fork Quinalt River at Pony Brdge East Fork Quinalt River Signs at Fire Creek crossing on East Fork Quinalt River Bridge at Fire Creek crossing - East Fork Quinalt River Camp at O'Neil creek - East Fork Quinalt River Camp at O'Neil Creek - East Fork Quinalt River Huge Maple tree at O'Neil Camp - East Fork Quinalt River Bear wire at O'Neil camp - East Fork Quinalt River One of the MANY washouts from side creek/drainages that seem to occur almost yearly. Junction down to O'Neil Creek camground - Night 1 - East Fork Quinault River trail Hiking thru the giants on the East Fork Quinault River trail Huge trees everywhere on the East Fork Quinault River trail This was interesting - never seen flagging with a bone tied to it - it marked the beginning of the quarter mile washout of the trail. We were wondering if this might have been to make sure the flagging was more visible? On the East Fork Quinault River trail Some of the large blowdown you have to go thru on the quarter mile "re-route" - on the East Fork Quinault River trail Crossing the Quinalt river on a huge log - at the quarter mile washout of the trail This is looking back at the major washout area - the trail used to go on the right saide of the photo - the log in the distance is the log we crossed over to the gravel bar on, then we crossed back over on another log. East Fork Quinault River trail Amazingly huge log cut off the trail - East Fork Quinault River trail - the rootball end of it is just barely visible in the lower right hand corner of the photo Noname creek crossing - East Fork Quinault River trail East Fork Quinault River Hiking amongst the giant trees - East Fork Quinault River trail Some of the REALLY large blowdown on the East Fork Quinault River trail Beginning our journey into the Enchanted Valley - East Fork Quinault River trail Another of the many side creek washouts that appear to occur almost yearly. East Fork Quinault River trail Interesting huge cedar trees - was this one tree that split into multiple stems? Or was this multple trees that grew together? It must have been 12-15 feet across at the base at least - East Fork Quinault River trail Another view of these Interesting huge cedar trees - East Fork Quinault Rive r trail Pyrites Creek crossing - interesting they only created a bridge for half the creek - although it might have been that the left side was washed out this year - hard to tell. - East Fork Quinalt river trail Sarach called this "Forest art". It was a huge cedar tree that had fallen a long time ago. It was absolutely massive - East Fork Quinalt river trail More logjams on the East Fork Quinalt river trail More big blowdown to navigate around - East Fork Quinalt river trail Interestingly enough, we found old phone line insulators along the trail - we think the phone line must have gone up to the Chalet - East Fork Quinalt river trail An off trail area where they were cutting wood for "projects" - East Fork Quinalt river trail There was this weird gate/fence near the entrance to the "Valley proper" - We were guessing that at one time this was to keep the horses in the pastures of the valley. East Fork Quinalt river trail East Fork Quinalt river This was quite a bridge - 80-100' long and probably 30-40' down to the river - it was a little un-nerving to only have a handrail on one side. East Fork Quinalt river trail The Enchanted Valley Chalet - also known as the Enchanted Valley Ranger station. This was moved back from the river about 100' to keep it from falling into the river. East Fork Quinalt river trail Waterfall on west side of Enchanted Valley - East Fork Quinalt river trail Waterrfall above the Enchanted Valley chalet - at one point this was the source of water for the chalet, but landslides, etc have broken the pipe - East Fork Quinalt river trail Photo of the waterfall on west side Enchanted Valley showing lower section down to river - East Fork Quinalt river trail Another big waterfall on west side of Enchanted Valley above snowfield - East Fork Quinalt river trail Hiking north up the Enchanted Valley - East Fork Quinalt river trail Wildlife sighting #1 - Herd of Elk in meadow just north of our camp at Enchanted valley - as soon as they heard us they started heading uphill - East Fork Quinalt river trail Wildlife sighting #2 - Immediately after sighting #1 - while we were waiting for the elk to move uphill I heard rustling in the bushes behind me - Then i saw a black head and then he stood up to see what was going on. He didn't seem too interested in us, though. As soon as he saw what as going on, he went back to munching on huckleberries. It doesn't look like in the photo - but he was 20-25' from me. Scary and exciting at the same time. East Fork Quinalt river trail East Fork Quinalt River up the valley from the Chalet. Several waterfalls along the upper valley - East Fork Quinalt river trail Another of the many waterfalls on the East Fork Quinalt river trail Looking west down the Enchanted Valley thru the fog Waterfall and snow tunnel - East Fork Quinalt river trail Looking down at the wide Alluvial plain on the Quinault River White creek crossing - the "real" bridge has been tipped over by the force of the creek - a temporary log was put in place. East Fork Quinalt river trail Waterfall on white creek just above the crossing point - East Fork Quinalt river trail On a clear day, this must be an awesome view - ascending to Andersaon Pass on the East Fork Quinalt river trail This was a very interesting crossing - when we crossed it on the way up, the flow was pretty good (as seen here) and the water was very brown. On the way back down, it was hardly flowing at all and what water there was was clear. - East Fork Quinalt river trail On the way up to Anderson Pass. It is hard to see, but there is a river just about center photo - that river is the Quninalt river that comes from the Anderson glacier up above. I believe this is Mount LaCrosse just over Anderson Pass - on our way down to Camp Siberia This is the shelter at Camp Siberia (just over Anderson Pass). It was in somewhat rough shape, but had some repairs done to it. Lumber to be used for repairs to the shetler - we were told these were flown in by helicopter. Flowers on east side of Anderson Pass Wildflowers on trail east of Anderson Pass - above Camp Siberia. Sign at Anderson Pass - East Fork Quinalt river trail Small tarn/lake at Anderson Pass - East Fork Quinalt river trail I think this is the outflow from the lake below Anderson Glacier that starts the Quinalt river. On the East Fork Quinalt river trail Waterfall below White creek crossing - it is kind of interesting - it makes almost a 90 degree turn before going over the falls - there is a solid rock along the hillside that forces it to bend. - East Fork Quinalt river trail According to the sign, this is the largest recorded Western Hemlock - it certainly was a pretty large tree, but I don't know if that is still accurate - it is dying. The elk herd came back in the evning - we walked right by them on the trail when we returned (although they were 50-75' off the trail). This is from our campsite at Enchanted Valley. Enchanted Valley Chalet with cliffs in the background - East Fork Quinalt river trail Just kind of an interesting footnote - this steel bridge was flow into place by Columbia Helicopters. - East Fork Quinalt river trail Our last glimpse of the chalet as we headed out - You can see the roofline in the middle of the photo. East Fork Quinalt river trail A very nice bear paw print on the trail Bear print on the trail with my boot for size More big blowdown on the trail - East Fork Quinalt river trail The other log that we crosseed the river on at the big washout Saturday night camp - we think this was a trail crew camp - right on the river but a little bit off the trail. East Fork Quinalt river trail Saturday night camp along the Quinalt river. - East Fork Quinalt river trail Looking at the river from Saturday night campsite. East Fork Quinalt river trail Looking downstream from our Saturday night campsite along the Quinalt river - this was just before it started raining - most of the night. East Fork Quinalt river trail Sunshine! Sunday morning we finally got some real sunshine - the first real sunshine of the trip. East Fork Quinalt river trail Sunday morning sunshine from camp - East Fork Quinalt river trail East Fork Quinalt river trail Graves creek ranger station - East Fork Quinalt river trail Waterfall on the road into the East Fork Quinalt river trail - the road was closed due to a washout and was only accessible on foot.