Quick report. Firstly, since I haven't seen any trip reports that indicate such here for these specific trails and the MBSNF site still isn't updated, the road is now open all the way to the trailhead. Things are a little rough at the washout before the Blanca Lake trailhead, but I think any normal clearance car could make it past that. Other than that spot the road is in decent shape with the normal potholes you'd expect.

I ran a loop up West Cady Ridge, descending to the PCT, and then coming back on the North Fork Skykomish Trail. Everything was misted in with rain likely having fallen overnight. West Cady Ridge trail is in good shape. Two minor blowdowns that I noticed, but nothing that's not easily circumvented. The trail is crowded with a bit of brush. Normally I'd say wear pants and it'd be a non-issue, but on a day where everything was soaking wet it will soak you pretty quickly. There's decent water options for the first half of the climb, but the only water you see from there until Benchmark are two stagnant ponds that will probably dry up eventually. Only one tiny spot of hard snow was on the trail all day and it was easily bypassed.

Visibility was ~50 yards until I got past Benchmark, sadly, and then it was only a few views of nearby ridges.

The small section of the PCT I hiked had several blowdowns that would likely prevent stock from crossing.

North Fork Skykomish Trail was brushy in spots and had more significant blowdowns. These blowdowns would definitely block stock and were challenging even for a 6+ foot person to get over. The two river crossings didn't have enough rocks for a dry-foot crossing, but I made a valiant effort on the first one only to slip off the last rock.

The first part of the N. Fork Skykomish trail, which is shares with Pass Creek, was in great shape. I think I peeled off a sub-7minute mile in there somewhere.

Overnight trip from North Fork Skykomish River -> Bald Eagle Mountain -> Quartz Creek.   

The washout has been graded, is rough but passable for all vehicles.

I arrived at the trailhead about 1PM on Friday, and the designated parking was full, so I found a spot down the road.  When I returned on Saturday afternoon, even the overflow spots were full.  Returning down past the Lake Blanca trailhead was difficult due to cars parked on both sides of the road.

Bugs were a nuisance from Dishpan Gap to Curry Gap.  However, they subsided between about 10:30 PM and 5AM when I cowboy camped on June Mountain.  I was also prepared with a headnet and permethrin impregnated clothes.  

On the Bald Eagle trail, there are short sections of snow, easily crossed.  Both Bald Eagle and Quartz Creek are overgrown with foliage which makes route-finding occasionally difficult.

I smelled smoke near Blue Lake and approaching Curry Gap.  It seems some fires have started to the NE.

This trip took about 24 hours, including an 8-hour overnight stop.  I've done this the other way around as a day trip a few years ago.

Loop of West Cady Ridge -> PCT North -> Bald Eagle -> Quartz Creek. Trail is now mostly snow free, enough to be annoying and slow you down (beware of snow bridges) but you won't lose sight of the trail. A few high-angle snow banks are still blocking the trail on the north side of June and Bald Eagle Mt, could be difficult navigating. Flowing water was scarce above 5000ft except around Benchmark Mt and Skykomish Peak from all the snow melt.

Bottom Line Up Front:  It is too early in the season to do these trails.

The Forest Service road up to Lake Blanca is still blocked by a washout 1/4 mile before the turnoff.  It seems to have been flattened out a bit recently, perhaps some jeeps have been through.  I parked at the washout around 7AM, and It was fairly easy to wheel my mountain bike across the washout.  I then biked the roughly 3 miles to the Pass Creek/North Fork Skykomish trailhead.

On the way up I took the Pass Creek fork.  On the first crossing, I was able to scramble across a log a little ways downstream.

The second crossing was a mid-thigh ford through fast/cold water.  Thankfully a few strides gets you across.

After the second crossing, the trail is snow covered up to the junction with the PCT.  I arrived there around noon, and took a lunch break.

The PCT between Pass Creek and Dishpan Gap is 90% snow covered.  It took 6 hours to cover that 6 mile section.  Although the snow usually would support my weight, I would occasionally post-hole to my waist.  Since the trail is not visible, I had to navigate between occasional glimpses of the trail.  

At Dishpan Gap (7PM), I headed down the North Fork Skykomish trail.  Or in the vicinity of that trail, as there was no sign of it below the snowpack.  Once the trail showed up at lower elevation, it was submerged in all the snow melt.

I had overnight gear, but decided to press on to lower elevations and ultimately arrived back at the washout around 1AM. 

Road is closed about 2 miles from the actual trailhead, shortly before a left hand fork that would head to Blanca Lake trailhead and the right hand fork that heads toward the North Fork Skykomish trail.  A rock slide of about a hundred yards is probably passable to high clearance Jeeps and ATV's, but not most vehicles.  This rock slide seems very fixable by a heavy equipment operator, so perhaps it will be cleared before summer?  Otherwise, enjoy a peaceful easy quiet road walk for the first 2 miles, much of which is adjacent to the whitewater sounds and beauty of the Skykomish river.  At the actual 2 mile trailhead, there are campsites and tables and a winter-locked pit toilet, and three trails depart:  Quartz Creek (6 miles to Curry Gap), North Fork Skykomish (3.5 miles to Pass Creek), and West Cady Ridge (9 miles to the Pacific Crest Trail).  We chose to continue straight ahead on the North Fork Sky.  The next mile or slightly more is on abandoned road, but abandoned long ago and reverted to excellent trail.  No brush or significant windfall, but stretches of crusty snow were prevalent.  When we finally reached the actual hiker trail, in the old growth forest, we continued only about another mile to the boundary of the Henry M. Jackson Wilderness.  Total round trip was about 8 miles and perfect for two septuagenarians. We were the only two people on the trail, on a sunny Monday.  And we saw only one energetic black bear in the first 15 minutes of the hike.