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Thunder Mountain/Skookum Lake
View from the 4620 Road looking towards Bull of the Woods Wilderness
Thunder Mountain Trailhead post fire
Thunder Mountain Trailhead post fire
Thunder Mountain Thimbleberry fields - you can actually see the trail!
We saw a bit of snow on the hike today - Thunder Mountain Trail
Thunder Mountain Trail - great shape!
Looking south to Bull of the Woods from Thunder Mountain viewpoint on a switchback - I thought the clouds floating thru was kind of a cool look
Looking south to Bull of the Woods from Thunder Mountain viewpoint on a switchback - I thought the clouds floating thru was kind of a cool look
Thunder Mountain trail right before junction with Skookum Lake
Thunder Mountain trail right before junction with Skookum Lake
Thunder Mountain trail at junction with Skookum Lake trail
Fire damaged area on Thunder Mountain trail just past junction with Skookum lake - it looks like the fire jumped over the ridge in this small spot
Geocache on top of Thunder Mountain
View from Thunder Mountain - I believe this is mostly north
View from Thunder Mountain - I believe this is NNE - you can see Fish Creek Mtn to the right
View from Thunder Mountain - I believe this is NE - you can see Fish Creek Mtn in the center of the picture
View looking north-ish from Thunder Mountain
Burn damage above the Skookum Lake trail
Burn damage below the Skookum Lake trail
Skookum Lake trail past its junction with Thunder Mountain - you can see some burn damage here but it isn't bad
Sandstone fire damage from Skookum Lake trail
Sandstone fire damage from Skookum Lake trail
Huge Anthill on Skookum Lake trail - this had to be at least 3' high
Skookum Lake trail heading down to the lake
Skookum Lake from the North end
Trail heading down to the old 5420-350 spur - this is how people used to get to Skookum Lake before the floods in 1996
Down on the old 5420-350 spur road below Skookum Lake - looking west
The trail heading back up from the 5420-350 spur road to Skookum Lake
Skookum Lake
Olallie Butte and Mt Jefferson from Thunder Mountain trail
Olallie Butte and Mt Jefferson from Thunder Mountain trail
Sandstone burn damage from the end of the 4620 road
Olallie butte and Mt Jefferson from the landing at the end of the 4620 road
Sandstone fire burn damage from the end of the 4620 road
Sandstone fire burn damage from the end of the 4620 road
Sandstone fire burn damage from the end of the 4620 road
Sandstone fire Signs on the 4620 road past the Thunder mountain trailhead
This would be the 4620-360 spur road - they cleared it and then blocked it off after the fires it appears
End of the 4620-360 spur road - maybe - it isn't where the map shows it
Work done near the end of the 4620-360 spur road - not sure what/why
Work done near the end of the 4620-360 spur road - not sure what/why
The cleared 4620-360 spur road
This would be where the map shows the 4620-360 spur road going - not sure what this is