Thorp Mountain Lookout via Thorp Creek, Thorp Lake & No Name Ridge - Thorp Mountain — Friday, Jun. 29, 2007

Snoqualmie Region > Salmon La Sac/Teanaway

June 30th through July 1st - I lead 5 other Mountaineers on a back-pack to Thorp Lake. From the trailhead at end of Thorp Creek road we hiked into the lake. This short trail leading directly to the lake. The trail is steep and goes up a drainage area for the first 1/3 mile. Then it works it way up to the outlet of the lake. About 2 miles to the lake on this trail. There was some snow patches on the trail in the brushy areas. When we got to the lake all the good camping spot were taken. There were Boy scouts and other back-packers at the lake. We found an area to camp in the brush. After setting up camp and having lunch 5 of us day hiked to the lookout. When we got up fairly high on the ridge trail we lost the normal trail to the top that starts off the ridge trail due to snow. We did the steeper goat like trail on the North side of the mountain. Views were good. There were some clouds near Mt. Adams and Mt. Rainier. We got back to about 6:00. The next morning the group wanted to go out the creek trail. So we went out this longer trail. There are some logs over the trail but no real problem. The problem is the creek crossing at the bottom just before the road. The bridge is out. The logs to cross on are not stable, so be careful crossing. We had good weather, flowers are starting to show and the bugs held off for us. Flicker