A three unit rustic camping area is adjacent to the parking area.

Provides access to: 

Slab Camp Trail #838 - This forested trail descends 3.1 miles to the canyon floor and Gray Wolf River and 5.8 miles to the park boundary via Upper Gray Wolf Trail #834. Slab Camp Trail now serves as the main access to Upper Gray Wolf Trail.

Deer Ridge Trail #846 - This trail is 5.2 miles long and travels through conifer forest with views of the Olympic Peaks at higher elevations. The trail enters Olympic National Park at 3.6 miles and ends at Deer Park.

Deer Ridge and Slab Camp Trails access Buckhorn Wilderness and Olympic National Park.

Slab Camp/Deer Ridge Trailhead

This backcountry Forest Service camp is 3 miles down the slab creek trail where it intersects with the Gray Wolf River. It’s a great camp with a handful of spaces with established fire pits. This camp is dog friendly, no permit necessary and absolutely free! Right on the confluence so you may need to yell at your camp buddies to be heard but it’s gorgeous and absolutely deserted. Nobody at the camp the weekend after 4th of July and in one of the most deserted river valleys in the Olympics.

Camp Tony, 3 miles down 

Was the only one here on a Thursday night, but decided to car camp due to the cold. There are about 5 sites with rock fire pits and a decent amount of space. A nice quiet place to spend the night even if you’re not trying to hike