Hiked up the Nordic Pass Trail from Silver Fir to Hyak Lake. Parked in the Silver Fir lot beside the EV chargers. Not sure whether this is technically allowed or not but the snow plow driver who was clearing that lot said it was fine :). No one else parked in the lot so plenty of space. Never saw anyone outside our group besides the plow drivers at the parking lot.
Trail almost entirely covered with at least a couple inches of snow, just a couple odd dry patches or some of the creek. Depth ranges from a couple inches under trees to the upper crossover where we were postholing up to our knees in spots.
Awkward time of year to do this it turns out as the trail is hard to follow under all the snow but it's not deep enough to just snowshoe over the top of all the underbrush. Be prepared to hone your navigation skills and do some bushwhacking. Note that the blue markers seem to be the winter route and will lead you through all the brush, so aren't necessarily helpful for finding the trail besides making sure you're in the vague right area. If you try to follow our meandering tracks, enjoy the adventure :)
We didn't use snowshoes on the way up -- would have been useful in spots like the upper crossover but it was short that it wasn't worth putting on just for that. We put them on at the lake I guess just to justify bringing them and wore them until we crossed the upper crossover. Not necessary at the moment though.
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