FR 6530 has potholes but it is no problem for any car to make it to the trailhead. Lower trail has a lot of branches on the trail with 4 or 5 small blown down trees but these don't present as large obstacles. Snow completely covers the trail starting at ~3100ft about 1.75miles into the hike. There is boot track for a short distance but then disappears into open meadows. Rather than trying to follow a route along the buried trail on steep slopes I opted to snowshoe along Meadow Creek. Would probably have been possible to walk without snowshoes on the consolidated snow but the snowshoes helped for traction and avoiding punching through. Route was pleasant with a mix of open old growth forest and meadows along the creek. Eventually the valley narrowed and it would have been difficult to continue on without crossing the creek so opted to turn around 3 miles from the trailhead. There is still 3 or 4 feet of snow on the ground in the valley above 3100 feet.
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