The Flapjack Lakes are located 7.45 miles from the Staircase - North Fork Kokomish River Trailhead in Olympic National Park. The two lakes lay side by side in a heavily wooded basin below Mount Gladys (5,589'), Mount Cruiser (6,104'), and Mount Lincoln (5,868).

The Flapjack Lakes are ringed by a heavy sublapine forest

East Flapjack Lake is framed by Sawtooth Ridge

Boardwalks offer a brief reprieve on an otherwise demanding climb to the lakes

A minimally maintained trail continues over Flapjack Lakes to Gladys Pass

The bridge over Madeline Creek spans a small gorge

The Staircase is accessed from US 101 in Hoodsport, WA

Cascades along Donahue Creek offer a less crowded camping alternative to the lakes

Recent science favors classifying Black Tail Deer as a subspecies of Mule Deer

Where the forest floor is already covered, seedlings will instead germinate on fallen, decaying trees called nurse logs

Flapjack Lakes (3,850')

Monkey Flowers' Latin name means 'little actor', a play on buffoonery

Subalpine fir and silver fir replace Douglas fir and cedar as you near the lake

Morning sun through the recovering Beaver Fire area

Flapjack Lakes' exceptionally clear, glacier-fed waters support rainbow trout

Mild travel along the North Fork Skokomish River corridor