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| Willow Knob | |
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| Summit Elevation | 9,500' |
| Summit Location | 40.6316° / -111.5848° |
| Trailhead | Solitude Entry #1 or 2 |
| Online Map | View on wbskiing.com |
Willow Knob is a nondescript bump on the East Willow Ridgeline. The Knob is usually wind scoured and can be a bit awkward to pass when you are ascending the ridgeline to access Neil's Bullshit Bowl, USA Bowl, or the South Monitor. The right (south) side of the Knob is usually preferable, although the scoured snow can make skinning difficult. The left (north) side is more likely to be windloaded and avalanche prone.
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| Willow Knob from Solitude Entry #1 | |
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| Trailhead | Solitude Entry #1 |
| Trailhead Elevation | 8,080' |
| Knob Elevation | 9,500' |
| Total Vertical | 1,400' |
| Skinning Distance | 1.3 miles |
Park near the lower Solitude parking lot. A skin track starts across the highway. Ascend this track for about 10 minutes until it joins the skin track coming from the upper Solitude parking lot (on an old jeep road). After a few minutes, you'll reach a thick grove of pine trees. Take the skin track that branches off to the right just before the trees and climbs the East Willow Ridgeline to Willow knob. It takes about 30 minutes to ascend the East Willow Ridgeline to Willow Knob.
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| Willow Knob from Solitude Entry #2 | |
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| Trailhead | Solitude Entry #2 |
| Trailhead Elevation | 8,200 |
| Knob Elevation | 9,500' |
| Total Vertical | 1,300' |
| Skinning Distance | 1.4 miles |
Parking near Solitude's upper Solitude parking lot requires a little less elevation gain to access Willow Knob.
From the upper parking lot, head up the private Old Stage Road on the north side of Big Cottonwood road. After less than 10 minutes, Old Stage Road turns sharply to the right as it heads toward USA Bowl. Follow the skin track that leaves the road on the outside (left-side) of this turn and climbs modestly along an abandoned jeep road toward Willow Fork. After about 15 more minutes you'll reach a thick grove of pine trees where, as mentioned above, a skin track branches off to the right just before the trees and climbs the East Willow Ridgeline to Willow Knob.
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