Notch Pass — Monday, Dec. 31, 2018

Beautiful day for a hike, but I was unable to get to the Notch Pass (1) trailhead. There was a tree across the road. I went to the Notch 3 trailhead and hiked down to the Big Quil junction. Beautiful hair frost on many downed limbs. There are two logs across the trail that I could not safely remove, but are easily gotten around. The WTA-built footlogs are in excellent condition but  were covered in ice and are VERY slippery. The Notch 2 trail up to the upper FS road was in good condition, also with trees overhanging the trail and a bit of snow in the open areas, but hardly worth mentioning.