Hex Mountain — Saturday, May. 13, 2017

Someone at WTA needs to fix this hike description. Hex Mountain has two main approaches: Summer route and a Winter route. The winter route starts near Newport Creek on Salmon La Sac road (through private land) and the summer route about three miles up FS road toward Sasse Mt. TH (really Sasse Ridge TR). Not private property. Neither trailhead is closed to hikers. The FS road is passable to the trailhead. Trail is not yet too rutted from motorbikes. We hit intermittent snow after the trail reenters the woods after the clear cut slope above the flat "meadow" area. Trail was brushy in that section. We had fun kicking steps up to the top of the ridge in hard snow. Care should be taken crossing the short rocky section on the ridge crest to traverse over to the summit. It was beautiful with the new snow overnight.