Snow line in north cascades?

[dietcookie]

Anyone know where the snowline is at in and around cascade river/pass area? I'd rather not pack the showshoes. Thanks

[waterboy]

Yes I was up there on Saturday to do a recon for my Eldorado climb this weekend. First of all, as reported, the road is closed at MP 12.7 The bridge looks fine to me but I'm no engineer. We biked 7 miles (-500', then +700') to the Eldorado log-crossing. There are about 12 major blowdowns to hike-a-bike over. We hiked up Eldorado Basin quite a ways - the snow starts at about 4,000'. There is no need for any kind of flotation - I'm very glad I didn't bring skis and I can't imagine where you would need snowshoes until next January.

 

Regarding the road, I don't understand the bickering between the forest service and skagit county, all I know is that it hasn't been fixed yet. They say June but then it will be another long while for the park service to get in and clear out the blowdowns and avy debris.

 

Hope you have fun if you get out there.

[dietcookie]

Perfect, exactly what I want to hear. Me and a buddy are flying in tomorrow night and starting our hike (no bikes unfortunately) in on friday. We plan on climbing Eldorado as well, see you there! thanks again for info.

[KaskadskyjKozak]

 

so, the log crossing is a piece of cake? did you punch through at all on the boulder field?

[waterboy]

Piece of cake - even Bodie had no problem. Looking forward to Fisher Chimneys.

[pdk]

Were the bikes worth having? How far is it from the bridge to the trailhead?

 

thanks

[waterboy]

I thought they were worth it and I'm going to bring them again this weekend. It's 7 miles from the bridge to the TH, so it's probably 1-1.5 hrs on bikes, vs 2.5-3 hours on foot.