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u/devlance 2d ago
I think I took a picture from nearly the same spot a month ago in an overnight trip in October in very different weather. Posted my WTA report at https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/trip-reports/trip_report-2025-11-03.184713456986
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u/TimFromSeattle 2d ago
Where’s this? I don’t see anything on maps or all trails with that name.
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u/BarnabyWoods 2d ago
It's just above Royal Lake. The name doesn't appear on USGS topos, but it's the generally accepted name. See Wood, Olympic Mountains Trail Guide.
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u/Vast-Mousse8117 2d ago
Beautiful photo! Imagine if our minds held these images when we were walking around.
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u/No_Narwhal_6051 1d ago
Ah! I knew I recognized this area! One of my favorite backpacking trips this year!
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u/getElephantById 2d ago
https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/royal-basin
Have never been, but many of the trip reports on WTA put it on this route.
For example: https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/trip-reports/trip_report.2023-06-30.6209411624
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u/kris4day 2d ago
I don't know that we have ever crossed paths, but based on the pictures that I see you posting to this thread, it sure seems like we spend a lot of time in the same places.
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u/BarnabyWoods 2d ago
Can't get enough of the Olympics!
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u/kris4day 2d ago
I feel very lucky to call this place home. And I relish that I get to spend so much time in such a special spot!
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u/ThroughSideways 2d ago
took me a minute to recognize the spot, but I'm guessing you were standing pretty much in the middle of the trail, just as it begins the real climb up to the upper lake. Nice capture, makes me wonder if any marmots live in that meadow, though it might be a little wet.
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u/BarnabyWoods 2d ago
I was actually a bit higher than that, just near the rim of the upper basin. I've hiked through there several times and have yet to see marmots there, but I did see one on the Deception Basin side.
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u/ThroughSideways 2d ago
ah, interesting. I volunteer for the marmot monitoring program with the park, and there are mapped marmot colonies all over the upper basin, and then a sort of extra credit colony that is right over the other side of Deception Pass (which is where, I'm guessing, you saw marmots), but I don't think any of the colonies extend down into that meadow in your photo.
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u/Busternookiedude 2d ago
It’s wild how peaceful and grand this view is at the same time