Gray Wolf Ridge
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Gray Wolf Ridge is a spur of the northeastern Olympic Mountains in Washington's Olympic Peninsula. Arcing northeast from the Mount Deception - Needles - Mount Clark - Mount Walkinshaw massif, Gray Wolf Ridge is clothed by alpine and subalpine forests up to the timberline, leaving the upper elevations of the Ridge's six rocky peaks vegetated only by fragile alpine meadows. The Ridge and its component mountains are markedly steep, as is its primary access route, the Maynard Burn Trail (#816) of Olympic National Forest. The higher, western segment of Gray Wolf Ridge lies within the boundary of Olympic National Park. Gray Wolf Mountain, at 7218 feet above sea level, is the Ridge's highest summit. Other distinct peaks include '7076' (7076), Baldy (6797), Tyler Peak (6364), and Maynard Peak (5065), which forms the northeastern terminus of Gray Wolf Ridge. Gray Wolf River tumbles through the valley-bottom to the Ridge's north; Royal Creek and the Dungeness River flow through the valley along the Ridge's east and south.
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- US Geographical Survey - Mount Deception quadrangle; Tyler Peak quadrangle
- US Department of Agriculture - Olympic National Forest
- US Department of the Interior - Olympic National Park
