The road to the Notch Pass trailhead is a bit rough with large potholes, but very passable with a high ground clearance vehicle.  The trail to the Big Quilcene River (9.7 miles and 3,100 feet of elevation gain out and back) is in great shape and recently snow-free, with only a half dozen or so trees down over the trail, all of which are very easy to pass.  Wildflowers (e.g., trillium) are starting to come out down low and will soon be crawling up the slope.  An excellent early season hike.  Thank you WTA trail crews - you've done an awesome job with this one!

It was a beautiful day for a hike. The trail was covered with snow from about 1/2 way up to the top of the pass. But it was passable. However at the top, where the trail met the road, the snow on the road was too deep and soft. We turned around at this point and made our way back down the hill. 

The road to Notch Pass is snow-free but filled with some very large potholes. High clearance vehicles would be best, otherwise I recommend taking it slow. Also note that there is room for approximately two cars at the trailhead and there are very few turnouts along the way. 

The trail starts off snow-free but eventually turns to compact snow and ice, at which point I put on my microspikes and had no issues. I haven't done this hike in summer but the forest was absolutely beautiful today with the snow and sunlight streaking through the trees. 

I made it to Road 100 (which is covered in several feet of snow) but couldn't quite figure out where the trail went from there. I followed another hiker's tracks northwesterly up Road 100 for a ways looking for some flagging or anything to mark the continuation of the trail, but eventually gave up and headed back to the pass and started the descent back down. It was still a fantastic hike and a great way to spend a sunny winter afternoon!

Beautiful day for a hike, but I was unable to get to the Notch Pass (1) trailhead. There was a tree across the road. I went to the Notch 3 trailhead and hiked down to the Big Quil junction. Beautiful hair frost on many downed limbs. There are two logs across the trail that I could not safely remove, but are easily gotten around. The WTA-built footlogs are in excellent condition but  were covered in ice and are VERY slippery. The Notch 2 trail up to the upper FS road was in good condition, also with trees overhanging the trail and a bit of snow in the open areas, but hardly worth mentioning.

Hiked just to the top of Notch Pass for a "quick" after-work hike. Just over 2 miles to the top of the pass from the main trailhead according to Gaia. There are NO real views to speak of on this trail, but being in the woods on a hot day was sure enjoyable. WTA trail work is keeping this trail in great shape. Would have loved to make it all the way down to Bark Shanty Camp and back, but was lacking in time. No other hikers the entire stretch of my hike. 

The concern here is the road to the trailhead. When you turn at the clear cut, that road to the trailhead is slow going. My SUV made it just fine, but I would not want to take a sedan or smaller car on this road. My SUV would literally fit inside several of the pot holes that exist. There are not many places to pass oncoming cars either, but thankfully this is not well traveled so I have never encountered an issue. Parking is very limited as well.