Big Creek — Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025

Big Creek is open! It is snow free and the smell of smoke diminished substantially from when I was there last week. I hiked the connector to the Mount Ellinor trail stopping at the bench before the rocky path begins. It was snow free to there and I was told by someone that there was little snow above. The weather was variable today starting with sunshine, then mist and fog, then a blustery wind with a little rain, followed by sunshine. The gate to the campground was open until this afternoon when I got back to my car. Fortunately, it wasn’t locked. There was a forest service truck parked near me but no ranger. I expect the gate will be locked from now forward.