We were lucky to secure two nights at the Snow Peak Cabin in that tiny window between winter snow and summer bugs. We left the Sherman Pass trailhead at about 11am, which meant the snow was softening. On the return we hit the trail earlier in the day, and there was less post holing.
Pretty close to 7 miles each way sticking to the trail, which had a few downed trees, and 2-4 ft of snow based on altitude. We took it slow with our dogs and the snow, hiking for 6-8 hours which included swimming through snow cones of softened snow on the trail.
It was 50/50 on snowshoes, since the trail was pretty packed, and snowshoes don’t always help when the snow is hollowed out from below. For me personally, post holing with snowshoes on is a special kind of irritation that I personally despise.
The cabin was exactly as advertised, which was so much more than we expected. Deep, deep gratitude to the BCHW, and all the other volunteers that made it possible and maintain it.
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