Jolly Mountain — Monday, May. 31, 2021

Tried to hike in to Jolly Mtn via the Salmon La Sac trailhead. Followed the excellent directions from the WTA website. Parked in the “day use only” parking immediately North of the Cayuse Horse Camp and walked in through the horse camp. Followed the road that goes past the campground host campsite ( RV parked there) and followed the road up to the clearly marked trailhead sign. It’s a multiuse trail,  that includes motorcycles. The trail is covered with large  loose rocks, with a rut in places, due to motorcycle tires, very doable, but quite rough. Some early blooming wildflowers on the way in. About 2 3/4 miles in I ran into snow which soon became continuous, and up to three feet deep. Ended up using GPS to stay on the trail. The bridge over Salmon La Sac creek was covered with snow at one end. The snow covered slopes on the other side of the bridge were steeper then I felt comfortable doing without an ice axe and crampons/microspikes so I bailed:( coming bak in a few weeks.