I arrived Friday afternoon with plans to do a short dayhike, meet a friend at nearby Godman Campground, camp for the first night, and then backpack Saturday/Sunday. I haven't been to Sawtooth Ridge for several years so I wanted to make a return visit.
It took me a minute to remember how the trail left the parking lot, as there's no signage aside from the big kiosk in the parking lot and the trailhead appears to be heavily utilized as a dispersed campsite, too.
On trail I initially found typical early-spring conditions, with some downfall but nothing that was too difficult to navigate around. I hiked out to Berry Spring since I couldn't find it on my previous visit, and this time located it easily. But once I got to Burnt Flat I found snow completely covering the trail. I hiked beyond Burnt Flat into the trees for about a half-mile, but then decided I'd rather go see some spring flowers instead of old snow & turned back for the day. The flowers are from Godman Campground, and they were spectacular!
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