There is no snow of consequence on the 8 miles of the PCT north of Sourdough Gap (photo 2 shows the gap and the switchbacks on the north side of the gap). There are a few patches of snow totaling 80 feet in length. Bullion Basin has a few patches of easy snow (only on the long way up from the basin). We came down Silver Creek from Bear Gap and there is a small patch of snow at the trail junction to Henskin Lake. There looks to be a lot of snow on the Henskin Lake trail.
It is mostly the early flowers that are out. Many of them were battered by the hailstorm on Thursday (there were still patches of hail on the ground in spots, photo 3 shows some battered false green hellebore). There are some nice patches of early flowers and even some magenta paintbrush (photo 4). Elephant's head lousewort is blooming on the ski slope at the beginning of the Silver Creek trail (photo 1).
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