Jolly Mountain — Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017

The mountains of central WA are in glorious condition right now and this snowshoe/ski offers spectacular unobstructed views of them. The Jolly Mt Road takes off from the Salmon la Sac Road about 14 miles north of Roslyn. It is on the right about a half mile past the Cooper Lake Road that goes left. You start at the huge Snopark  and ski or snowshoe up the old logging road. In 40 minutes, I got to the great views to the west and north. I then continued on to the large flat at 2 miles. There was no one else around today and I was soon past old ski tracks in fresh snow that glittered in the sun. There is only about four inches at the start and maybe 18 inches where I turned around. Given enough time, one can go all the way to the top of Jolly Mt. You must have safe conditions though, as there are avalanche slopes higher up the road and on the mountain itself.