Just a quick post, mainly regarding snow levels.
Parked at Marble Mountain and was in need of a quick hike. I actually spent longer than I thought, but I wanted to at least get to somewhat of a view of MSH.
Headed up for 1 hour. Ran into patchy snow right off the bat (2,700')
and nearly solid snow at 3,100'. The snow was mainly solid, but was sinking in a few inches. The further up I got, the warmer it got and I was post holing a bit more. I soon determined I was on my way toward Chocolate Falls, which I had been to twice. I planned on turning around before then because the slog through the snow was tire some.
Near the junction with the trail to June Lake, I did see my first ever sign of bear on the trail!
I've never seen evidence of a bear up here in Washington/Oregon. Mainly in Wyoming/Montana.
Either way, I didn't see the bear, but it was very cool to see the prints.
Turned around with a decent view of MSH at around the 3,400' level. So, all in all, a very short, not too amazing hike, but was nice to get a little workout going through the snow.
