Backpacking Olympic National Park - Royal Basin

[Aaron Zagrodnick]

In Issue 32, @mgraw recounts this scenic backpacking trip in Olympic National Park - read the full story at the links below:

Steep Defeat: Traversing Royal Basin, Olympic National Park in Issue 32

Backpacking Royal Basin in Olympic National Park - Republished on the TrailGroove Blog

Issue 32 Page 1

[ppine]

A wonderful place.  You just have to really like rain. 

[eaglecadd]

I am also doing a loop trip up into Deception basin via Heather Creek and Royal Basin this summer. I saw the beautiful pic you posted of the upper Deception Basin and the milky lake in the basin with the article.  I would love to get more info on your route and pics if possible. Is there a way to message you?

[mgraw]

4 hours ago, eaglecadd said:

I am also doing a loop trip up into Deception basin via Heather Creek and Royal Basin this summer. I saw the beautiful pic you posted of the upper Deception Basin and the milky lake in the basin with the article.  I would love to get more info on your route and pics if possible. Is there a way to message you?

I'm on Instagram @wanderingsolestudios if you want to send me a PM there. That said, I didn't actually make it into Deception Basin so I can't offer much beta on the tarn down there. If you take the standard Royal Basin trail the pass from Royal into Deception is pretty do-able scrambling.