Silver Star conditions?

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Silver Star conditions?

Post by jdemott » June 18th, 2022, 8:14 am

Does anyone have recent info on the conditions at Silver Star? Is the summit snow free? What about Road 4109--is it passable in a Subaru? I remember there were some folks doing repairs in past years but it sounded like the road was still very rough.

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Re: Silver Star conditions?

Post by Charley » June 18th, 2022, 8:47 am

I hiked up the Silver Star Trail (South Ridge) on Thursday the 16th.

The summit itself is snow-free. However, there are some snow patches on the way up. Navigation was not a concern, and there is a boot path through the snow to the summit. Most of the patches are in the trees, and there is a drift just below the summit that is sort of steep (but that stopped neither us, nor a larger group of hikers who were at the summit before we arrived).
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Re: Silver Star conditions?

Post by jdemott » June 20th, 2022, 7:19 am

Thanks for the info. It looks like it might be a little early for flowers.

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Re: Silver Star conditions?

Post by jvangeld » June 20th, 2022, 10:04 am

Subarus are still able to make it up Road 4109. Some of the difficult parts remain difficult, but a most of our repairs from last year held up through the winter.

Jeremy VanGelder - Friends of Road 4109

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Re: Silver Star conditions?

Post by Aimless » June 20th, 2022, 10:27 am

With as much heavy rain as we've seen this spring, I'd say the roadwork you and the other volunteers did held up amazingly well. Congratulations!

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Re: Silver Star conditions?

Post by jdemott » June 20th, 2022, 12:35 pm

jvangeld wrote:
June 20th, 2022, 10:04 am
Subarus are still able to make it up Road 4109.
That's great news! Many thanks for all your work!

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