From the USFS current conditions website, it should be open as of today (unless things have changed) – best bet is to call the ranger station to verif...

To add to the thanks, Thank you very much for your contributions. I have read parts of the initial draft of the letters and diary and found them fasc...

Remember to take pictures.....I'd still love to see the backdoor trail. Been busy with my dad, but should be able to get back to hiking soon.

I've seen cars in places I would never take a car.....With that said, I would think that you could take a car to Elk Lake if you drove very slowl...

Thanks, Pete. That is what I understood as well, that it is more or less a road going up the creek. I've never been on that trail and know that...

The road to Elk Lake is rough, but passable. I was there last summer and backpacked up the Elk Lake Trail. I'm not sure if it is accessible r...

We can only hope with this warm weather that it will melt off a lot of that snow.....

I was at the upper trailhead, straight across from the Rimrock trail on 5830. I was amazed at how much snow there was too....

Summer does officially start on Monday, right? You could have fooled me….. I'm just amazed at how much snow is still out there, and how cold and we...

My daughter an I hiked the very bottom section of the trail last summer, from Elk Lake Creek to the old mine location (about a quarter of a mile). Th...

Robert: I do not know the answer to your question, but my guess would be this year may be exceptionally bad in late June due to the late snowmelt we...

Joe Keller said: I also just returned from a Camporee, and have been doing a lot of fishing as the salmon swim through the middle of Portland on t...