Olallie Butte and the tip of Mt Jefferson from the 4620 road The beginning/trailhead of the Thunder Mountain/Skookum Lake trails The first snow we saw on the trail This looked like a bear cub print to me - it was certainly a small bear Olallie Butte and Mt Jefferson from one of the switchbacks on the Thunder Mountain trail A rock grotto on the way down to Skookum Lake Skookum Lake Skookum Lake A strange carving in the end of a cut log - it was done with a chainsaw - I'm just not sure what it means. Campsite on the north end of Skookum Lake Campsite on the north end of Skookum Lake - someone has been doing a lot of chainsaw work at this campsite Campsite on the north end of Skookum Lake - someone has been doing a lot of chainsaw work at this campsite One of the snowier and brushier areas when heading down to Skookum Lake A huge anthill on the Skookum Lake Trail A huge anthill on the Skookum Lake Trail Hard to see the mountains in this photo but there are 4 of them - from the top of Thunder Mountain Mt Hood from the top of Thunder Mountain I think these are St Helens and Ranier from the top of Thunder Mountain The old lookout foundation on the top of Thunder Mountain Panorama from the top of Thunder Mountain Not a lot of snow up on top of Thunder Mountain I saw this flag on top of Thunder Mountain - wonder if it was supposed to flag another trail heading off - maybe over to East Mountain? My truck at the Thunder Mountain/Skookum Lake trailhead