I was able to drive to the trailhead today.

I would recommend a vehicle with at least 4 inches of clearance to get past the creek crossings. Your approach and departure angles could be a factor if you dont want to hit your bumpers. Offroad tires and/or a full size spare would also be a good idea with how rocky the road is.

I also recommend having a hand saw in case an alder falls across the road.

Parked 2 miles from the trailhead due to deep snow. The trail itself is snow free until just under a mile, the clearing before 3 o'clock rock becomes deep slush and I dropping knee to waist deep. I could have made it through the short section but it was too much for my dog. We'll be back!

The road in is bumpy, best to go slow. The trail up until 3 o'clock rock is marginally steep, but an easy trek as it is mostly dirt. Once past this, the steepness increases, with lots of rocky and rooty areas. 

About a half mile out from the Pass berries are abundant. The pass itself has multiple outstanding camping areas on sheer granite, with great views of Three Fingers and Whitehorse. The only thing it was missing I guess is a consistent water source (perhaps just not flowing this late in season?). I did see some tepid looking tarns. 

There were multiple climbing groups on 3 o'clock, and I passed a solo hiker and a backpacking group of 4 on my way down from the pass. 

RT 5.40m/2388ft 

ROAD: A 6-mile typical, rough, rocky, narrow forest service road. Not many pullouts for passing. Decent clearance recommended or drive very slow and careful.

TRAILHEAD: Room for maybe 10 cars if everyone parks correctly (don’t park parallel to the road in the middle of the parking lot or you may get penned in).  There is a pit toilet down the hill (opposite side of the road from the information/register kiosk). 

TRAIL: This is a tough hike.  Less than 3 miles makes it sound easy, but it’s not.  It’s steep, rocky, rooty, muddy, and narrow. The first mile is not too bad with obvious trail work in areas. There are some nice big old trees in this section.  At about one mile, traverse below Three O’clock Rock (popular climbing area) and begin the toughest part of the hike. This next mile or so is really rough. Then at about 2 miles, reach the fun part of the hike: crossing numerous slabs through meadows filled with huckleberries.  Early season, the slabs are flowing with water, but this late in the season, there were only stagnate, evaporating ponds. The pond water was not very appealing for drinking so be sure to pack plenty of water.

Cairns have been placed on the larger slab traverses making it easy to follow the correct path to the pass.  The pass is a delightful place to spend a considerable amount of time. Excellent views of Three Fingers and Whitehorse. Plenty of sitting and lounging rocks. No one else on the trail after Three O’Clock Rock. Not many bugs. Lots of huckleberries. It was a fun hike to a beautiful view and worth the effort in our opinion.

Day hike up to Squire Creek Pass from the east side, via 8 Mile trail.  Road starts off in great condition, then gradually deteriorates.  A few dry creek crossings and some decent potholes, but a subaru will have no problem.  A regular sedan could probably make it up if you're careful.

Arrived at the TH late, probably 11:15am or so.  6 or 7 other cars already there.  Room to park for maybe 10 cars if people are decent about making room.  I chopped down some deadfall to make space for one more car.

Right out of the truck the mosquitos attacked.  We were lucky to have some bug dope with us or we would have been swarmed.  Even WITH bug dope the bugs were quite annoying.

The trail itself is pretty rough and very steep in spots.  Fine for us, we wanted steep since we were training with weighted packs.  The tread varies and includes dry creek beds, soft duff, rocky step-ups, steep roots, mud holes, creek crossings, and brushy boulder-hopping.  The original trail builders weren't messing around - this trail is light on switchbacks and prefers to go almost straight up the mountain for long stretches.  Trekking poles were nice to have and I wouldn't have wanted to be without them for both ascending and descending.  Lots of spots where a slip or a stumble could leave you with a broken ankle.

There were a handful of climbers on 3 o'clock rock, which meant that probably only half of the cars at the TH were hikers.  Sweet - we wanted some peace and quiet.

Near the pass we broke out into some brushy alpine meadow with countless blueberry bushes.  In a few weeks you'll be able to eat yourself sick with bloobs.  I'm sure the bears will be out too.

Awesome views over to 3FS, and we were lucky enough to catch two massive avalanches rumbling down the east wall of 3FS.  The flies were gnarly, so we had our lunch, did a few minutes of mountain lookin, and headed back down.  If we had more time, I would have liked to finish climbing up to the ridgeline of Higher Squire for a pano view into the southern mtn loop peaks.  There were some campers set up at the pass that had done just that. Again, trekking poles were clutch on the way down.  

Nearing the TH I heard a vehicle speed off.  This was weird, since the only other parties we had encountered had likely gotten back to the TH an hour+ before us.  Exiting the trail I saw that there was a dark sedan with the rear window broken out and there was gear on the ground.  It seems we had spooked some thieves and they had dropped the stuff they were stealing and high-tailed it out of there.  Break-ins at trailheads have gotten so bad lately, makes me want to hide out with a paintball gun and some pepper spray ammo!  We threw our packs in the truck and raced down the road to try and get a license plate.  2 dirt bikers were coming up the road and we asked them what the last vehicle was that came down.  They said 2 jeeps, one green and one dark/black.  We raced on, and sure thing there were 2 jeeps at the bottom of the dirt road airing up their tires, and 4 shifty guys.  They looked surprised that we had hauled so quickly down the road and caught up to them.  I wasn't about to confront 4 sketchy dudes, so I just rolled down my window and asked if they were okay while we made a note of one of the license plates.  We called it in to the sheriff, but it seems it's impossible to catch these people unless an LEO is right there when it happens.  I won't post the license plate here just in case these guys WEREN'T the culprits, but I'd bet my bank account that they were.  Contact me if you'd like the plate number, and PLEASE call these in even if you feel like you won't recover your gear, or your time and money fixing a broken window.  LEOs keep track of these things and may patrol the trailheads that are getting hit the most.