At 1.3 miles from trailhead, there is a mostly-frozen creek you need to ford. It is iced over, with flowing water seen both underneath the ice and on top of it. We found this creek impassable. Other hiker's wouldn't. Hiking poles and microspikes, in my opinion, could help but aren't the total answer, and the risk of an unwanted glissade to the bottom was too great for us. Other than that, gorgeous day, trail in good repair, lovely big trees, peek a boo views of peaks, no snow and barely any frost. Verlot Ranger Station closed for season, by the way, the pass machine is broken, and there was no information posted about trail conditions.
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Thinking about doing this hike in a few weeks. Was the road ok for a low clearance car? What were the snow conditions if any?
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HermitThrush on Dec 11, 2018 02:07 PM