Johnson Pass Trail Report - Snow Covered - Apr 12, 2020

Conditions are mostly winter, variable, and we have entered the Freeze-Thaw cycle. We are now only three days past when a snow machine could get past larger obstacles. That doesn't mean there's a lack of snow. The North half of the pass still has an average of 20" of snow... Less than the South half. Snow shoes needed for much of the second half. A few fat bikes made it about seven miles in.. must have been early in the AM! Only One set of bear tracks-no scat, so perhaps they will sleep one more week. Be prepared though. Wolverines were present and kept to themselves. Did this in one short day 4 hours - backpacking to camp at mile 7.2 and one long day 12 hours 16 miles- snowshoeing. Will return to the pass to bike it in early June. The pics and description of the route do not give enough credit to the beauty of the journey.