It's June 15th, 2008 in the southeastern corner of the Olympic Mountains of Washington. Lake Cushman is only 800 feet above sea level, and the distant peaks rise to only about 4,600 feet. Look at all that snow! One easily grasps why the Olympics sport many permanent snowfields and glaciers, even though their highest peak rises to less than 8,000 feet (Mt. Olympus)....Just north of Lake Cushman rise Mt. Elinor at 5944 ft, and Mt. Washington at 6255, part of the Mount Skokomish Wilderness Area (Skomish is 6434 ft.).

Below is a picture of Lightning Peak, at 4654 ft, it is the high point visible in the left center of the picture above.