• Trail:
  • Kachess (Kachess Ridge)
  • Status:
  • Significant Issue / Amber
  • Issue status:
    Assigned user:
  • Condition:
  • Snow Covered - non groomed snow cover
  • Reporter Primary Activity:
  • Mountain Bike
Description:
Injured and can't ride and this is one of my favorite trails so decided to kill a dreary June Saturday and see what the warm May has done to the deep snowpack we had this year. I hiked up to the top of the ridge from French Cabin Basin on Saturday and there is 3-4' of snow, up to 6-8' in many places above about 4,400' in FC Basin, similar aspect to Kachess so I'm sure it's the same.

Things on ridgelines are melted out but once in the forest it gets deep fast.

The hike a bike section on the steep N Face looked to be covered in deep snow all the way up to the saddle.

Still beautiful up there!

(I saw some fresh bike tracks from the shuttle drop off point at the top of the road... interested to hear how that turned out if you read this)

Previous Reports

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Jul 11, 2026 @ 6:07am
Jul 11, 2026
All clear except for one blowdown that was there last year. Getting brushy in places especially the huckleberries near the top and in the lower... view
Jun 15, 2026 @ 8:34am
Jun 15, 2026
Started from the kachess trailhead road drop in. Had to walk over ~10 blow downs and there was a small patch of snow during a hike a bike section... view
Jun 1, 2026 @ 10:17am
Jun 1, 2026
I only went up a couple miles- the blowdowns thru that part have been cleared. Likely snow higher up. Especially at the saddle view

1 Comment

  • + 1
 Sounds like someone had a "fun" shuttle / hike out! Great report CB!





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