The road to Greider Lakes is now open, and it would be navigable for a non-SUV with caution -- there are a few potholes but it is in good shape.  Bathroom is open.  The trail starts in a beautiful section of woods, then spends the next 1.3 miles on what was probably a road but is now grown in, with lots of climbing in and out of small gullies. There is a nice overlook with a portapotty midway down Spada Lake, then the trail angles away from the lake and soon starts climbing.  There are 4 or 5 large trees down on the switchbacks, which involved some short bushwacks to get around them, and were at times confusing since you weren't sure where the trail switched back after the obstacle.  But it wasn't really that difficult to keep moving forward, albeit with some dirty knees and butts from crawling up slopes. Easier on the way down.  Upper Greider Lake was totally worth it -- just like the picture in the WTA guide now, with just the right amount of snow on the upper slopes to make it pretty.  All in all we had a very fun day.  

40 switchbacks sounded intimidating, but it was relatively easy, or at most intermediate when going at a fast pace. Huge fallen trees sometimes obscured the trail and if it weren’t for a live map, we would have gotten lost several times. Soooo beautiful though! Spada lake was visible the whole way up. One of my favorites from here on out!

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Very generous parking space. Majority of the trail, from parking to the switchback starts, was fine. Beautiful early stopping point at Spada Lake viewpoint w picnic table and a porta potty (last/only).  Some beautiful suhing creek views along this part of the lake/reservoir. There is one trickle of a creek crossing with a very clear construction work in progress, easy enough to navigate, but proceed with caution.

But a lot of the switchbacks had an inordinate amount of down trees, large trees, with the roots pulled up making it a bit of a scramble to attempt to go either around the unstable hill from root pull, or scaling the large, downed trees. This makes the switchback path extremely unclear and not visible. Very important to have the trail navigation downloaded.

This is important if you're thinking of backpacking and lugging camping gear to any of the lake spots. Not impossible but...pretty precarious.

Once to the lakes, all clear.  Great water access, camp sites really very pretty.  Between the two lakes along the way is a significant creek crossing with a VERY splintered bridge.  Use caution.

The gate to trailhead is closed 5 miles beforehand. You can still access Sultan River Canyon Trail and the dam on the North Shore. The reason WHY the gate is closed is unknown to me, but it certainly isn't due to snow; as there isn't any. One could perhaps bring a bike and ride those 5 miles (one-way), & you'd be guaranteed solitude.