North Fork Tieton to Tieton Pass, Shoe Lake — Friday, Jun. 22, 2007

South Cascades > Goat Rocks

I hiked up the N. Fork Tieton trail one mile to the Shoe Lake Trail. After intersecting the PCT, I headed north to visit Shoe Lake. I hit snow over the trail on the way to Shoe Lake and turned around. It wouldn't be hard to route find over the snow but I didn't want to expend the energy at that point. I traveled the PCT south until I intersected the North Fork Tie again. Bottom Line: Some snow on the trail around 5600 feet. Many, many, many blow downs on all three trails but it was especially bad on the North Fork trail. There will have to be significant trail work before horses can get through. It is a nice forest walk, didn't see a soul on the trail all day.