QUEETS BASIN WAY TRAIL

Not maintained
Length 0.3-mi/0.5 km
Access None by other trails (connects meadowland of Queets Basin 
with moraine of Humes Glacier)
USGS Map Mount Queets
Agency Olympic National Park

The importance of this little fragment of trail is inversely proportional 
to its length. Queets Basin lies on the route of a popular traverse of 
Mount Olympus and the Bailey Range. When going between the basin and Humes 
Glacier, one must keep high in order to avoid the Queets Canyon. At the 
western edge of the basin, this way trail climbs over a timbered spur and 
makes a precipitous descent to the point where two creeks come together below 
the glacier (ca. 0.3 mi/0.5 km). The trail ends here, but the route then 
ascends the loose rubble on the moraine to the glacier. 

Although it is difficult to carry a heavy pack over this trail-particularly 
when going from the glacier to the basin, thus climbing the steep western 
part-the task is much easier than traveling cross-country across this rough 
terrain.