Beginning of the Thornton Lakes Trail on the relatively level old forest road.
Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium).
Devil's club (Oplopanax horridus).
Crossing over Thornton Creek.
Dwarf dogwood (Cornus unalaschkensis), which is also known as bunchberry, along the Thornton Lakes Trail.
Steep granite wall along the Thornton Lakes Trail.
First view of the surrounding peaks along the Thornton Lakes Trail.
View southwest down the Skagit River Valley with Whitehorse Mountain (6,850') and Three Fingers South (6,850') in the distance.
View of the North Cascades from the Thornton Lakes Trail.
View of Thornton Lakes.
View south across the Skagit River Valley of the surrounding North Cascades.
View south across the Skagit River Valley of the surrounding North Cascades.
View of Paul Bunyan's Stump (7,500') at left and The Needle (8,152') at right.
View south toward Primus Peak (8,508'), Klawatti Peak (8,485'), and Eldorado Peak (8,868').
Thornton Lakes and Mount Triumph (7,240').
Lower Thornton Lake and the Skagit River Valley.
Lower Thornton Lake.
Upper Thornton Lake.
View of Mount Degenhardt.
View north to the surrounding North Cascades from Trappers Peak (5,966').
View north of the surrounding North Cascades from Trappers Peak (5,966').
Thornton Lakes and Mount Triumph (7,240').
View east from Trappers Peak (5,966').