A hot day for a long hike. The trail is clear all the way to Flapjack Lakes.The reroute trail on the way needs some work. It is pretty rough and probably worse with a backpack. There is a tiny patch of snow on the way that won't last long. The view of the Sawtooths is great being framed with snow. Blowdowns and snow on the way to Gladys Divide. There are blowdown on the way to Black and White Lakes with snow at the lakes. The foundation of one cabin is melted out. A good dayhike to do both Black & White Lakes and Gladys Divide in the same day from Flapjack. Bring lots of water or the ability to treat water on hot days because it is a good sweat to the lakes.

Trail to Flapjack lakes is now snow free. Some camp sights at lakes are still snow covered. Trail to Gladys Divide is mostly snow covered and difficult to find. The Chute up to ""The Needle"" is in great glissading condition. Past the needle the climbing route to Mt. Cruiser, usually snow free by this time of year, still has snow blocking one area making for increased difficulty in that area. The summit of cruiser is snow free. Although this is a low grade climb (5.1), this one is not for the faint of heart with it's severe exposure over a several hundred foot drop.

Trail was fine, except the yellowjacket nest at about 6 miles. All campsites at lakes were snow free. There were a couple of patches of snow around the lakes on the north side. Started up the Gladys Divide trail, but turned back after ~.75 miles due to multiple blowdowns, lots of snow on the trail making travel difficult.

Continous snow starts two miles in on the Skokomish River Trail. At the junction with the Flapjack Lakes trail, the trail is easy to follow and snow is about 5' deep. The Flapjack Lakes trail is impossible to follow (due to deep snow and steep slopes). There is a good 15' or more of snow at the lakes, which have thawed at their inlets and outlets. There has been a lot of avalanching on the NW side of Sawtooth Ridge, including a big one that took out about 20 trees just above the lakes. Huge glide cracks were also visible. Views from Gladys Divide were superb. The snowpack right now seems to be in about as bad a condition as it can get. It is deep, mushy, and rotten. Even with snowshoes on I punched through many times, twice up to my neck! I'd wait a few more weeks for the snow to thin out before doing this trip. Final note: the bridge over the Skokomish River that is one mile in from the ranger station is out.

No snow at the lakes.The trail to Mt Gladys is still snowbound from 4800' up to the pass. I spent two nights at the lakes followed a snow chute up the side of Mt Cruiser before heading back to Portland. The trip was worth it and the cloudy sometimes drippy weather kept the mosquitos to a minimum. Lots of berries to be had on the staircase trail and up to about 2500' on the trail to the lakes. Bears are enjoying the berries also and one bear left it's calling card just off the trail in the form of a debarked and freshly claw-marked tree. The meadows above Flapjack Lakes are not yet in bloom but look ready to launch in the next couple of weeks.