The road is open. I drove up to the pass early Saturday morning and went to the 17-mile mark and the guard station/campground (still under 6' of snow). The road is actually open another 6 miles to Slate Creek, but looks pretty gnarly, for lack of a better word. Tons of burned timber and pretty eerie up there.


Not a whole lot of bird action but I did encounter a herd of mountain goats (30 individuals with a bunch of kids) down pretty low, working a possible natural salt/mineral lick. They had denuded the slope to get to whatever it was.

Joe Meche
Bellingham