Blue Lake, Dock Butte — Wednesday, Jun. 21, 2023

After reading other trip reports, and knowing the bridge was out on FS12, we decided to mountain bike the 6 miles from bridge to trailhead. The road was fine for biking, with large fallen trees over it and big muddy swampy places. The trail, however, was still under 2-3 feet of snow right from the get-go. There were (weeks? days?) old hikers' tracks on it, but the snow was so soft & deep that after we post-holed a couple of times we called off the hike. Bummer, because Blue Lake/Dock Butte is one of my favorite hikes. We did see some bear tracks, elk tracks, grouse and pretty flowers on our ride up the road.