Made it to the lake today, first wheeled vehicle up of the season.
Snow starts right where the road briefly splits in two for the steep hill climb.
Lots of very difficult off-camber snow, some winching, and a steep hard pack snow hill climb took me to the flat partially snow covered meadows. Weakly bridged snow resulted in falling into mud pits through the snowpack. Went a ways up above the lake up the trail to Hawkin's Mountain. No snow up there, only down in the valley below the lake.
Give it 1-2 weeks and it should be complete snow free.
Somehow I managed to play hard enough on the hill climb to rotate a tire a quarter turn within my Hutchinson beadlocks. I didn't even know that was possible, somewhat disappointing that it is!



