Spent the long weekend out around the Entiat.
I drove up to North Tommy Trailhead in my Jeep and hiked to Klone Peak. Lots of snow along the trail and quite a few down trees. The trail after the first lookout (5863 according to my map) was where I ran into tons of snow and the trail was pretty hard to find (in spots).
I drove around to Maverick Saddle with my Jeep, stopping off at Sugarloaf first for breakfast. I did a big loop of Cougar Ridge / Mad River Trail, with a short detour along Billy Creek Trail (cool rugged area). There are lots of down trees up Cougar Ridge and south of Maverick Saddle down Mad River Trail, but very little snow there. I couldn't really find the trail though from Mad River Trail to Cougar Ridge, though. There was lots of snow past the road (FS 5700) and lots more when I got to Cougar Mountain. Going back to Maverick saddle from Cougar Mountain was tough in boots, but I made it work (I wish I'd brought my snowshoes). I called the Second Creek Fire in too (I spotted the fire up on Cougar).
Lots of flowers are in bloom right now down lower: paintbrush, lupine, tweedy, penstemon, and some arrowhead balsamroot. I spotted some shooting stars and glacier lilies up higher.
PS There's a huge boulder smack dab in the middle of the road by North Tommy Creek. I drove around it, but I would have had a hard time with a wider truck or a trailer.
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