There was a little snow/ice on the road in once you get to the Natl Forest - not bad at all to navigate with only occasional slick spots. The turnoff to the trailhead has much more slow accumulation and our car (has AWD) got temporarily stuck in the deep snow. We ended up parking on the side of the highway.
Trail is largely snow-covered, but has no altitude gain. Many down trees over the trail that were moderately difficult for our bigger dog to navigate. Then the bridge is taken out and was not safely passable with the dogs so we turned around. Good views of the river and nearby mountains.
Few mosquitoes out, even though it was cool and snow-covered. As stated by a previous reviewer, this is a pretty winter hike, but I suspect the bugs in the summer would make this not as fun.
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