Two of us spent 2 nights on Union Creek. About 2 miles in from Hwy 410 there are some waterfalls and quite a few people. Flowers are blooming. Some little streams are running across or down the trail. A few blowdowns. There is a great campsite next to the river at about 4 miles in, but access to it is restricted by many fallen trees. We set up there for 2 nights. There are some areas where trees seem diseased and groves have fallen. Many elk and deer prints on the trail and they have created their own trails. We didn't see any, though. We may have been the first humans to go as far as we did past the falls this season. No footprints anyway. The second day we day-hiked to Cement Basin. This is a lovely meadow with a stream flowing through it. It appeared snow had just melted and glacier lilies were everywhere. There were patches of snow covering the trail entering the meadow. This should be gone very soon. Our high point was about 6000' and there was little snow on this south-facing hike. We went as far as the gap looking out over Lake Basin.
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