Pyramid Peak + Lake Crescent -Al Brown photo 1999

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Pyramid Peak and Lake Crescent. autumn 1999 photo by Albert Brown of Joyce, veteran driver of Forks-Port Angeles Clallam county bus. Peak is predominantly basalt. Lake Crescent is over 600 feet deep and has very steep cliffs from glaciers 2000 to 3000 feet thick. Rare landlocked Beardsley and crescenti trout highly endangered breed near Lyre River outlet and Boundary Creek and need protection. Spring 2000 there has been a sharp drop in trout egg-laying areas called "redds". Causes need to be identified and spawning areas added to Olympic Park. A small scenic area west of Fairholm should be added to the park near the season "LaFollete Falls" and old manganese mine to protect steep cliffs of glacial cirque and Lake Crescent scenery. The park boundary is just east of LaFollette Falls