Glacier Basin & Interglacier

A glorious day on the Interglacier

Road to White River Campground opened yesterday.  Parked at campground.  Trail is free of snow for the first 1 to 1.5 miles followed by a stretch of scattered tree debris trail and melted patches which precluded skinning.  Able to put skis on around 2.5 miles in.  Taking hiking shoes is advised.  There is ample snow along the river route with a crossing required with some risk of a wet foot.   Route on hiking trail also worked well (we took the hiking trail on way up and river route on way down).  Glacier Basin camp area is snow covered.  The Interglacier is in good shape all the way to Steamboat Prow.  Snow quality was solid/good up high down to around 7000 and then was soft with slower turns to the bottom.  Weather was sunny, warm, and beautiful.