Noble Knob #1184
Jul 23, 2008
- Type of Outing
- Day hike
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Noble Knob
- Region: South Cascades -- Chinook Pass - Enumclaw or Hwy 410 area
- Agency: Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Snoqualmie Ranger District
- Trails: Noble Knob (#1184)
- Avg Rating: 3.80
Alpine Art and Truck'in Tom did the Noble Knob hike for the first time on Wednesday. The trail is in excellent condition with two minor blow downs about 2.5 to 3.0 miles into the hike. Both can be stepped over. All the snow has melted from the trail and the wildflowers were out Indian Paint Brush, Lupine, Phlox, and many others. The weather was overcast and quite cool (about 47 oF at the trail head). The views were limited by the overcast which started at about 10,000 feet at the beginning of our hike and lowered to 6,000 feet when we got to Noble Knob. The bad news was the views were limited; the good news was that the hike was cool, more like fall than mid summer. We did see Lost and George Lakes from Noble Knob and the White River valley which we drove up. Much of Rainier was in the clouds the entire trip. Some things to note about the hike are (1) get a Green Trails Lester WA map (# 239) and not the Bumping Lake Map noted recently in the WTA hike of the week (2) the Green Trails map shows two possible trails out of the Corral Pass area, take the trail which starts on the Western end of the parking area, it is a gentle up hill versus the steep uphill that goes to a ridge and from the ridge connects to the main trail. We did both coming down on the more gentile grade trail.
This is definitely a hike to do for the next week or so while the flowers are out.
Now for the Road Report, FS Road 7174 is a primitive but relatively good road. It does have rocky, rutted and pothole sections but it definitely is not the worst road I have driven. Alpine Art bought a Honda CRV and it handled the road without difficulty. Many passenger sedans could make the trip but low slung vehicles like a VW Bug, Honda Civic Hybrid etc should not go on this road, it is estimated that a vehicle needs to have between 6 and 9 inches of ground clearance to avoid bottoming out on FS 7174.
Finally, there were a pair of sunglasses and auto keys (keys are likely to a Chrysler Brand vehicle) were at the trail head on a tree limb going to the more level western trail.
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