CHS 2 Hike - Royal Basin

We will depart at 7AM from the group campsite in Dungeness Spit State Park, the site of the CHS Olympics Campout.  It is about a 1 hour and 25 minute drive from the campground to the trailhead.  Those planning to meet at the trailhead should be there by 8:30AM.

The hike will start at the Upper Dungeness Trailhead here: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Upper+Dungeness+Trailhead/@47.8784906,-123.1781364,14.08z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x548fd1e6fd9ffc0d:0x22c9c7490406e526!8m2!3d47.8775433!4d-123.1373736!16s%2Fg%2F11bx1yz8qg?entry=ttu

A Northwest Forest pass or America the Beautiful pass are required for parking.

From the trailhead, we will take the Upper Dungeness Trail for about 1 mile, then we'll take a right on the Royal Basin trail.  After a further 6 miles we will reach the shores of Royal Lake.  We will take a short break at the lake before making our final push of less than 1 mile up to Royal Basin.  There we will take a longer break to eat lunch and enjoy the commanding views of the surrounding mountains and the blue tarns in the basin.  We will retrace our steps back to the trailhead.