From Thirty-Mile Trailhead, did a three-day backpack through Cathedral Pass. Went up Chewuch River Trail to the Tungsten Mine Trail on day one and camped along the Tungsten Mine Trail - the trail was clear and snow free, but bugs were pretty bad along the first 8 miles of our day. Then continued up the Tungsten trail to the PNT and to Cathedral Pass and camped at upper Cathedral Lake. Trail was still snow free and mostly clear of wind-fall. We cleared some of the smaller tree-fall and what remains is easy to get around. The lake was gorgeous, and bugs were not bad at all. For anyone interested in visiting this area I'd recommend coming this way and then returning back the same way.
Day three we continued on the PNT to the Chewuch River Trail and did encounter a little snow - but not much and it wasn't too bad to cross - should be gone soon. But pretty soon after hitting the Chewuch we were into serious windfall and the going was less fun. Parts of the trail were flooded and the mosquitos were out in serious force. They were so bad we decided to forgo staying another night and hiked the full return distance (about 21 miles) to the trailhead. 100% recommend getting on the Tungsten trail as it was gorgeous, but do an out & back instead of the loop!
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