West Fork Dosewallips River — Sunday, Apr. 26, 2026

Three days backpacking up to Honeymoon Meadows, also camped at Dose Forks.  Lots of day hikers on Sunday, then never saw another soul during the next couple of days and the only car left at the trailhead.  The ford just past the Meadows, the increasing snow patches, and the low cloud cover extinguished the intent of trying to make it to Camp Siberia and Anderson Pass.  Intermittent 2' deep snow patches in exposed spots between the dry tread in the trees was manageable with just hiking shoes (gaitors would've been nice!)  But the fast flowing knee deep ford to continue to Siberia was a "nope."  Crossing the river above Diamond Meadows was doable via a couple of conveniently strewn huge logs by following the sign pointing to "Log Bridge" (which now laughably sits high and dry above the old riverbed.)  That's where the first snow patches appeared. The privies at every camp were immaculate!  Only saw lockers at Dose Campground.  There are good condition bear wires at each of the camps we passed but ONP now requires bear canisters only. There are about a dozen significant downed trees, mostly beyond Dose Forks, that will need dedicated attention to clear but none that weren't insurmountable over or under.