RHH's photos with the keyword: thunder creek

The first two of these photos were taken the morning we hiked out from our camp at Tricouni. Our camp was a across a bridge over Thunder Creek and this was our last view of the creek. The weather had changed and it was starting to look like rain and had started to rain by the time we arrived back at our vehicle.

This was taken the morning we hiked our from Tricouni camp on the Thunder Creek trail and was one of the last photos I took sine we where hiking fast due to the threat of rain. At this point we had crossed a bridge and were back on the Thunder Creek trail which would take us about nine miles north to our vehicle.

This was Thunder Creek the evening we camped overnight after backpacking the trail along the creek and then hiking further along the trail without our packs. We sat by the creek a while that evening and put our feet in the icy water.

The Thunder Creek trail in the North Cascades is a pleasant hike with the creek nearby but one does not see much of the mountains, not for the first nine or ten miles. We had chosen this trail for our first backpacking excursion with our oldest daughter because it does not have a lot of elevation gain. After hiking all day and setting up camp at Tricouni we hiked on without backpacks for several miles. The trail there gets much steeper and the views open up so that the surrounding mountains are visible. This is the trail from Tricouni to Junction.

These are some of the peaks visible from the Thunder Creek trail beyond Tricouni. I am not sure of the names, but the peak on the left maybe Boston Peak.

This was the view looking back down the valley through which we hiked with our oldest daughter, taking her on her first backpacking trip ever. We had hiked the Thunder Creek trail to Tricouni and after setting up camp had hiked further and higher.

This tiny waterfall, only a few feet high, was photographed along the Thunder Creek trail in the North Cascades when we were backpacking there with our oldest daughter. As far as I know the creek was also unnamed.

This was the creek Thunder Creek, we followed to our backcountry campsite at Tricouni in the North Cascades. Our campsite was on the left on a bank above the creek.

This small waterfall was on an unnamed creek along the Thunder Creek trail which we were hiking with our oldest daughter on an overnight backpack.

While backpacking with our oldest daughter along the Thunder Creek trail, we hiked about nine miles before setting up camp and then after our evening meal hiked on for several more miles before returning to camp. We found our dessert along those last few miles, ripe huckleberries and we spent more time eating them than hiking. This is probably the Cascade Huckleberry, Vaccinum deliciosum.

This is one of the Coral Fungi, probably the Crested Coral Fungus, Clavulina cristata, photographed along the Thunder Creek trail while backpacking there with our oldest daughter.

This is a plant without chlorophyll and without leaves that is quite common in the forests of the Pacific Northwest. For obvious reasons it is known as Candystick or Sugarstick. These were photographed along the Thunder Creek trail while hiking there with our oldest daughter.

This is where we camped overnight when backpacking last summer with our oldest daughter. We hiked in nine miles along the Thunder Creek trail in the North Cascades to Tricouni camp, a backcountry camp with three sites, though we were the only ones there. We packed in two tents and were able to have a fire at whicih we relaxed after some further hiking without packs, an evening meal and before turning in for the night.

In July we took our oldest daughter backpacking. We choose the Thunder Creek trail because of its minimal elevation gain. We hiked in about nine miles with a thousand feet of elevation gain and then after setting up camp did some further hiking with some more serious elevation gain. This was where we had out lunch on the way in.

In July when our oldest daughter was visiting, we took her backpacking in the North Cascades along the Thunder Creek trail. We hiked about nine miles in and camped overnight at the Tricouni camp, did some hiking without packs after setting up camp and hiked out the next morning. This was taken near the beginning of our hike wh.ere a suspension bridge crosses Thunder Creek

This is a green and white form of the species in the previous photo. This was photographed in the North Cascades on the Thunder Creek Trail south of Diablo Lake.