THREE HIKING SISTERS, we love to hike together, but we don't all live in the same state. Sometimes it is only two of us, and sometimes we hike with others. This is a record of some of our hikes.
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Thorp Mountain Lookout via Knox Creek
We drove up to the Knox Creek Trailhead off of FSR 1315.1 (which is off of French Cabin Road north of Cle Elum Lake) to hike up to Thorp Mountain Lookout, overall 4.5 miles round trip with 1,700 ft of gain. It was a beautiful sunny and hot day. Besides gorgeous views we saw some wildflowers and many ripe huckleberries. There is no longer a sign marking the start of the trail, it is across the road from the parking pull out. The first part of the trail was very brushy, with lots of cascade asters in bloom along with sitka mountain ash colored with orange berries.
Views from the other side of the ridge, continuing up towards the lookout
Above: zoom of Mt Rainier
Above: zoom of Mount Stuart and other Enchantment Peaks to the northeast. Below: Fire Lookout on Thorp Mountain
Above: Other Cascade Peaks to the north. Below: looking down on Thorp Lake to the east
Above: view of Kachess Lake and Mt Rainier to the southwest. Below: back in the flowered filled meadow as we descend down to the trailhead and one of the many butterflies we saw among the flowers today
some of the wildflowers and berries we saw along the trail today:
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