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Washington Pass trail conditions

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Josh Goodwin · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Dec 2021 · Points: 0

I saw highway 20 opened up pretty recently and I was wondering if anyone has been out there to report on how much snow there is and if touring is necessary. Thanks! 

Marlin Thorman · · Spokane, WA · Joined Oct 2011 · Points: 2,646

All trails is the place to go for this.  Usually lots of conditions reports on the popular trails.  Here is Blue Lake Trail...plenty of pictures and reports from the last week.   alltrails.com/trail/us/wash…

Josh Goodwin · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Dec 2021 · Points: 0
Marlin Thorman wrote:

All trails is the place to go for this.  Usually lots of conditions reports on the popular trails.  Here is Blue Lake Trail...plenty of pictures and reports from the last week.   alltrails.com/trail/us/wash…

Awesome thank you! 

Mitch L · · Seattle, WA · Joined Feb 2020 · Points: 0

I got on sw couloir of sews this weekend, there is still continuous snow from the blue lake trailhead. Snowshoes or skis recommended, snow was mushy overall. another dude postholed his way up to sews so that is possible hah. Rock routes on the south faces are looking  dry enough especially with the better weather  incoming

Josh Goodwin · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Dec 2021 · Points: 0
Mitch L wrote:

I got on sw couloir of sews this weekend, there is still continuous snow from the blue lake trailhead. Snowshoes or skis recommended, snow was mushy overall. another dude postholed his way up to sews so that is possible hah. Rock routes on the south faces are looking  dry enough especially with the better weather  incoming

Thanks for the beta Mitch, climbed the sw couloir today and went for the posthole method but surprisingly had minimal postholing, thankfully. Also if anyone is curious the liberty group looked snow free

Will Maness · · Bend, OR · Joined Oct 2016 · Points: 121

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Josh Goodwin · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Dec 2021 · Points: 0

Hey all, been out a couple of times to the liberty group, last week and this week. I was up there today and there were a ton of people climbing on the SEWS, I tried to go for liberty bell but the snow going up the beckey gulley was super loose and I ended up slipping a bunch and had to self arrest a few times so I turned back. The NEWS the SEWS are pretty easily accessible and seem good to go. Liberty bell you would probably want to wait another week or two until the snow clears out from the gulley. There's still about 3 feet of snow on the trail but its definitely melting pretty quickly. null

This photo is from last week, all the peeks looked clear of snow today from the ground aside from a few ledges here and there.

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