THR 5/29 from Slab Camp Creek Trailhead to Gray Wolf River Trail to Graywolf Primitive Camp Site.
FRI 5/30 Graywolf Primative Camp to Deer Park Campground
SAT 5/31 Deer Park to Slab Camp Creek TH
Trailhead:
Forest Road in is generally in good shape, but has several clusters of deep potholes. RAV4 needs to go slow. Not sure if a low clearance car would not bottom out.
Slab Camp Creek TH parking lot empty except our 3 cars. Room for perhaps 20 cars. Privy open and clean.
Trail Conditions:
Trail by and large clear of obstructions and well maintained. Perhaps 10 trees across trail - most small "step over" and about 3 "climb over" -- but all of them easy for a 31" inseam legs.
GrayWolf Primitive Campsite:
Lovely campsite right on the river. (NOTE: GAIAGPS locates the campsite about 3000' south of the Gray Wolf River Trail, when in fact, the actual campsite is located here: 47.91523, -123.24205.). If you like falling asleep to the roar of a river, this site is for you.
Campsite has multiple tent sites and log sitting. Cross the log foot bridge to additional few camp sites and the newly constructed privy. (Thank you US federal government workers and taxpayers!)
THREE FORKS TRAIL to DEER PARK
Trail was clear and beautiful. 3400 ft of elevation gain. All but the top mile is in forest, so comfortable even on a sunny hot day.
DEER PARK CAMP SITE
Car camping site not yet open for season, so only our group plus one other solo in the camp on FRI night.
There are multiple tent sites dispersed about some with fire grates (only allowed in-season fire locations). Two privies and bear boxes. Filterable water in very small stream to East of "B" camps.
Name is accurate. Deer come to w/in 10' of you. They will eat or gnaw at anything you leave out -- e.g. leather strap on your hiking poles or any other sweat (salt) soaked item.
On a clear day - drop-dead beautiful views looking E, S, and W.
Walk up road and then short hike /scramble up to top of Blue Mountain for 360 views. Pacific Ocean, Vancouver Island, Mt. Baker, Seattle, Pt. Townsend, etc.
DEER PARK to SLAB CAMP TH
Trail in good shape. A handful of easily surmountable tree falls on the trail.
Comments
Eric Katanaboy on Slab Camp Creek and Gray Wolf River
You said the privy at the Slab Camp trailhead was "open and clean." I've been to that trailhead many times, and was just there yesterday, and I've never seen a privy. Can you say where it is?
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Eric Katanaboy on Jun 04, 2025 08:37 AM