Map-fragment closeup of Goblins Gate
[G]oblins Gate is a dramatic entrance to the Rica Canyon of the Elwha River in Olympic National Park. It’s at the lower end of Geyser Valley and the Humes Ranch area. The river is suddenly pinched into a narrow canyon between vertical rock walls (like a gate). It is an easy day-hike to Goblins Gate, via Rica Canyon Trail.
A broad, low ridge of resistant rock, a few hundred feet high, runs athwart the main Elwha River channel, at the bottom end of Geyser Valley, and the river cuts through it. … cont’d >