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Gray Wolf Ridge
Gray Wolf Ridge Gray Wolf Mountain, at 7218 feet above sea level, is
the ridge’s highest summit. It was first climbed by Leigh
Elevation 7,218 ft (2,200 m) NGVD 29[1] B. Lint in 1928.[3] Other distinct peaks include ’7076’
Location (7076), Baldy (6797), Tyler Peak (6364), and Maynard Peak
(5065), which forms the northeastern terminus of Gray
Range Olympic Mountains
Wolf Ridge. Gray Wolf River runs through the valley-bot-
Coordinates 47°52′11″N 123°12′51″W / 47.8698131°N tom to the Ridge’s north; Royal Creek and the Dungeness
123.2140635°W / 47.8698131; River flow through the valley along the Ridge’s east and
-123.2140635Coordinates: 47°52′11″N south.
123°12′51″W / 47.8698131°N 123.2140635°W
/ 47.8698131; -123.2140635[2]
Topo map USGS Mount Deception
References
[1] "Gray Wolf Ridge, Washington". Peakbagger.com.
Gray Wolf Ridge is a spur of the northeastern Olympic http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=929.
Mountains in Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. Arcing [2] "Gray Wolf Ridge". Geographic Names Information
northeast from the Mount Deception - Needles - Mount System, U.S. Geological Survey.
Clark - Mount Walkinshaw massif, Gray Wolf Ridge is http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/
covered by alpine and subalpine forests up to the tim- f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1520273.
berline, leaving the upper elevations of the ridge’s six [3] Majors, Harry M. (1975). Exploring Washington. Van
rocky peaks vegetated only by fragile alpine meadows. Winkle Publishing Co. p. 70. ISBN 9780918664006.
The ridge and its component mountains are markedly http://books.google.com/
steep, as is its primary access route, the Maynard Burn books?id=CoWrPQAACAAJ.
Trail (#816) of Olympic National Forest. The higher, west-
ern segment of Gray Wolf Ridge lies within the boundary
of Olympic National Park.
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