Hiked Railroad Grade to the base of the Easton Glacier climbing route which is always spectacular. Clocked in 8 miles and 2600 feet of elevation gain. Lots of climbers about with handfuls of day hikers on this Tuesday.
Road: The road to the trailhead is 9 miles long, with a lot of potholes in places, a few absolute craters that might be harder to manage in a low clearance vehicle. Glad we have a truck.
Creeks: The rocky creek is quite high at this time, even with the bridge installed there were two additional small creek crossings that involved using rocks to cross and manged not to get to wet. The suspension bridge is yet to be installed on the Scott Paul Trail.
Snow: The trail is snow free until the Park Butte/Railroad Grade junction, with the route up railroad grade completely snow free until the Sandy Camp at 6000'. Some small patches of snow remain off trail. From a glance the Park Butte Trail has intermittent snow patches/fields which appear to be mostly in level areas. Cannot speak for how they are to cross. The Scott Paul Trail also appears to have snowfields on upper portions. Snow is melting very fast and could be off these trails within days from now.
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