Forest Service RD 68 (Foss River Road)

Getting to FR68 was a bit of a hassle (when are they going to make highway 2 a *real* highway'), but once there I had a blast. The road is only plowed for about a mile after the river crossing, so I walked about a mile and a half on very hard packed snow (no snowshoes required). I outpaced several groups of cross country skiers, but the snowmobiles were no match. The snow remained very hard packed until about 2 miles from the lookout at the end of 68. Higher up on the road the views were AWESOME. Glacier peak, mt. index, and mt. daniels looked much more impressive in their winter coats than the last time I visited. The view from the lookout site was as always very impressive, especially with weather blowing in from stevens pass.

Once leaving the main road, there were only a few snow shoer tracks and no snowmobile tracks, and about 2 miles after 68 splits off the main road, there were no people tracks whatsoever. There were PLENTY of bear/fox/' tracks though. At one point I heard an unidentified mooing close by and decided not the investigate.

All in all a great trip, very strenuous but worth it, probably about 12-13 miles total. Only about 4-5 required snow shoes though.