Thunder Knob is a pleasant hike with incredible views for the effort. Once on the knob viewpoint, you have views SW of the Snowfield Group (Snowfield and Pyramid are particularly stunning!), east towards Jack and Ruby, north towards Sourdough, south along Colonial Creek towards the Ice Cap slam.
The bridge is removed from the creek crossing. It's early on in the hike, beyond the large rocky wash to walk though & just as you are leaving the campsite areas. We had no trouble finding a route to keep our shoes dry, however, that'll probably change when it starts raining again tomorrow.
There are a couple very icy patches on the trail, they are avoidable if you walk carefully on the very edge of the trail. The trail itself has frozen as pillar ice in many sections and may have air beneath so you fall into the air gap below the thin layer of trail. You'll see what I mean! :)
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