No snow on the drive to the trailhead. From there on out you are mostly hiking on a bit of crunchy old snow. You can do it, but it just takes more effort crunching up and down snow mounds.
Most of us on the trail that day didn't go past the part where the trail just starts to climb. Two other women we saw that day did make it all the way to Rachel Lake.
Allow extra time for snow hiking.
Spring flowers are still melting out of the snowbanks on the day after Summer Solstice! Glacier lillies, trillium, gentian, new salal leaves, and fresh green tips on the evergreen trees. Woodpeckers were having a great time on the old snags.
I thought it was really pleasant weather - about 70 degrees in the sunshine.
Balance on rocks and logs to cross streams.
Creek is high so waterfalls are more impressive than usual.
Trillium snow picture is by my friend Barry.
- Green Janine
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