Hiked in Snow Peak Trail to the Kettle Crest for our two night stay at Snow Peak cabin. The trails are in good shape and the Aspens were gorgeous hiking in. Larch's are lime green and on their way to golden soon. It is hunting season so wear your bright colors on trail. The stars were bright and we enjoyed the warmth of the cabin as the weather changed to cold and windy overnight. The Colville National Forest is a great fall destination! 

Spent two nights in the cabin.  Took the winter trail in.  It was a bit more challenging than I expected with a pack on. Your results may vary.  If you're experienced I'm sure you'll be great.

Good news, the camp stove has been fixed and working great!  We only used two cots.  Three were set up, so I'm not sure about the condition of the fourth. 

No bugs on the trail, but we really needed a fly swatter for the cabin.  They were constantly getting in.  Stuffing a towel in the door cracks helped.

Reading the logs it had snowed a few inches a few days before we arrived.  There was only a tiny bit left on one side of the cabin by the time we arrived.

The cabin really is a fun and special place.  

Always a fabulous time at Snow Peak Cabin, stayed two nights.  Rode in on our mules. Paddocks are still in great shape, water trough flowing, and great grazing out of site of the trail if you go up the steep old trail by the water trough. 4 cots and plenty of sleeping mats, I slept on the porch. Plenty of propane but the stove was not working, eek! Lucky we brought a jetboil. Never had this issue before, I'm sure they'll have it fixed soon. Trail beautiful and clear to Barnaby Buttes. Thank you trail crews! 

Spent 3 nights at Snow Peak Cabin with friends. Trail from Snow peak TH is snow free and in great shape, drive in is also easy on forest road. Cabin is missing a cot (still!) and only sleeps three so be aware. Slept in my tent, which was actually quite lovely with the full moon. We had backpackers show up the last night and so we gave them the camp sight and moved closer to our rented cabin. They had come from White Mountain and were exhausted, lots of blowdowns. Water was plentiful, pouring into trough. Hiked to top of Snow peak, snow on top but easy to walk on. Lady bugs were covering  the peak. Hiked as far as Bald Mountain where we encountered numerous down trees on the trail. 

Got an early start to hike the loop counterclockwise and headed up the west slope of Sherman Peak. There is some flagging up the ridge as well as blue diamonds marking what seems to be a ski route. Higher up the blowdowns started from the old burn. Just below the summit are some talus fields but nothing too steep to easily negotiate.   

I then dropped down to the saddle between Sherman and Snow Peaks where the trail crosses and hiked up the north ridge of Snow Peak in dense young forest and fractured, rocky slopes. The summit has an enormous triangulation cairn from early surveyors and excellent views.

Then it was back down to the saddle to complete the loop.