How much snow is left???

[FamilyMan01]

Well, with all this chatter about scouting trips and special permit results about to be disclosed has me getting a little excited myself!

To those who have already began to hit the hills, how does the snow accumulation look above 5,000'?

I plan on hunting just east of Chinook pass and am curiuos how much snow is still present.

Thanks

[Dslayer]

Morse Creek Snotel site shows 56 inches of snow still.  The farther east you go, the less snow there is generally except on north facing slopes. 

[lagnar]

Came over Chinook pass abt. midnight wed last week. abt 1 mile to the top I almost turned back because of snow falling and snowy roads...( storm rolled thru)
I had no problem with snow anywhere I went, lots of rain and wet muddy roads, etc. 
Snow banks are really high on the ridges.

[slim9300]

About 5' up on Ellinor yesterday.


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[notellumcreek]

Depends what side of the hill you are hiking up. I hiked a trail thursday and was able to get to the top of the peak(6200ft) without hitting any serious snow(only a few snow patches here and there). North facing slopes like above is stated will be the worst for snow.

[Band]

North slope of Manashtash Ridge has almost zero snow at 5,000' as of this past weekend.  I only found an occasional small patch.

[Old Man Yager]

Stay on the sunny side of the hills !

[SteelheadDC]

I was in the general area you are talking about this weekend, on top of little bald mt aprox 5500 feet, no snow, but the mountains to the west around mt aix above 6000 feet looked pretty snowy.