Kachess Ridge / Kachess Beacon, Thorp Mountain via Knox Creek & No Name Ridge - Thorp Mountain — Friday, Sep. 12, 2003

Snoqualmie Region > Snoqualmie Pass

A beautiful hike on a great Saturday. The last 2 miles of road to Knox Creek is narrow and not well maintained but my Taurus had no problems getting to the trail head. Knox Creek is moderately steep trail that took about 50 minutes to go up. Once on the ridge crest the Kachess Ridge trail is fairly level going up and down to the junction in about one mile with the Thorp Mt. Look Out Trail. Throp Mt. tail winds up to the top in a series of switch backs as views open up of Rainer, Mt. Stuart and the Snoqualmie Pass area. The lookout site is occupied by a friendly forest service employee and his dog ""Teddy"". It took about 2 hours to reach the look out from the trail head. After some photos and a snack I headed down. The trip back to the car took about 1 hour. There was a large group of Mountaineers? on the summit but I hiked most of the trip in solitude getting the trail head at about 10:00 AM. This is a relatively easy view hike with friendly natives at the end. I even got to sign the guest book at the look out. Recent rain fall was evident on a damp (not dusty) trail.