Notch Pass — Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023

The narrow forest road to the lower trailhead was snow free. There were some pretty massive potholes but they were described by the ranger as 6 inches deep and were easily navigated in our Crosstrek. If you had a lower clearance car, you could probably do it, but it would be tricky.
There are several blow downs along the trail in varying levels of difficulty. Be prepared to crawl or climb!
You have a pleasant forest climb, then cross a road, and begin to descend on the trail to the upper trailhead. There was a tiny bit of snow between the two talus slopes on each side, but only 100 feet or so.
When you get to the upper trailhead, you go right on the road and then follow the trail to continue to descend down to the river. There are several beautiful bridge crossings. We turned around at the bridge right before Bark Shanty Camp.
Be mentally prepared for a descent climb back up!
We probably saw 10 people all day.