The Mount Muller Trail is located between Forks, WA and Port Angeles, WA within the Olympic National Forest. This is a popular multi-use trail open to equestrians, bikers, hikers and dogs. The trail cuts through alpine meadows laced with wildflowers and sweeping views of Mt Olympus, Lake Crescent and the Sol Duc Valley.

Advection fog forms as warm, moist air masses blow over cold surfaces like an ocean or snow-capped mountain range

Douglas fir trees grow in dense concentrations on the east and west sides of the Mount Muller Loop

Radiation fog tends to occur in the fall, when nights get longer, air masses cool, and land and water surfaces that have warmed up during the summer are still evaporating water into the atmosphere

Fouts Rock House showcases van-sized boulders covered in heavy moss, fern and lichen

Fog is comprised of condensed water drops, which are the result of air being cooled to the point where it can no longer hold all of the water vapor it contains

Springtime brings spider web season on the Mount Muller Trail

A massive landslide separated Lake Crescent from Lake Sutherland approximately 7000 years ago

Adjacent to Bog Creek - the trail barely visible among the large but young fir trees

Lake Crescent's isolation gave rise to the Beardslee and Crescenti trout, two sub-species found nowhere else in the world

Vine maple and Red alder stands line the Crow Caw Flats area

Mt Olympus from the summit of Mount Muller

The entrance to Fouts Rock House is marked by a giant boulder

Mt Olympus - visible across the fog in Olympic National Park

Steep dangerous snowfields linger on the back of the loop into late May making navigation impossible

The morning fog receding towards the coast