[Dolph Lundgren]

Date: 17 JUN 2022 Start Time: 0936 Start Location: FSR 4308-120; 3,918’ Total Time: 04:10:36 Moving Time: 03:15:46 Stopped Time: 00:54:50 Total Distance: 5.94 m Total Elevation Gain: 1,936’ Brought snow shoes, didn't need them. Seems having these random half-days are becoming common for me lately, so I figured I'd see what the French Cabin area looked like, as I had yet to venture out there, and Thorp Mountain being on the Home Court 100 list appeared to offer a quick option. A deep rutty section in the road forced me to park about 0.7 m away from the start of the Knox Creek Trail #1315A. BUT it did allow me to almost get run over by a bear who I crossed paths with along the road. There's not much to say about this mountain, the trail was well established most of the way, still some areas of snow cover, most inconveniently along the 5000' contour line side-hill section. The lookout was closed up, and I could not find a summit register. Do they keep these things inside the lookouts on peaks with them? Am I just really bad at finding summit registers? Questions abound.

Dead center of photo between trees in the open green, the bear!

Taken along the Knox Creek Trail

Gloomy view of the Alpine Lakes crest, from Hibox to Daniel

The lookout with clouds rolling in over Hard Knox

Stuart Range

Is it really halfway through June already? I couldn't tell

Patchy conditions

[Blowdown]

Nice effort! Appreciate the detailed beta. I bet the bear made for a memorable moment !

[Backpacker Joe]

Is there a reason you chose Knox Creek as apposed to the Thorp Lake route?

[Dolph Lundgren]

[Dolph Lundgren]