We parked near the Salmon La Sac Rd road's end turnaround and put on our snowshoes at the split for Cle Elum Valley Rd (NF-4330) taking the left over the Cle Elum River bridge then past the Salmon La Sac campground to the Cooper River trail. Thin crust over powder makes for very slow going. We postholed approximating the Cooper River Trail only about a third of the way to Cooper Lake taking 2 hours, before stopping for lunch, turning around and making faster progress back along our earlier track. GAIA app was invaluable as always.
The After Hike beer stop was Bellevue Brewery. :-)
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