We drove up to Blewett Pass and parked off of FSR 7245 to go snowshoeing, and explore some of the routes and create our own. We started up the Tronsen Loop Trail and about 0.5 mile up the closed road, we crossed over to the Swauk Discovery Trail and did a large loop, came back to the Tronsen Loop and took the Tronsen Meadow route down to FSR 7240. We were hoping to join the loop back to our car through the woods, but the trees and brush seemed to thick, so we did the 0.1 mile walk between to the two forest roads along the highway. Overall we did 5.75 miles with 700 ft of gain. We didn't see anyone else out here today. This map only shows the routes on the Tronsen side.
There was some fresh snow from last night, partially covering some older ski tracks.
View towards the other side of highway 970, hoping for blue sky.
Love seeing the trees covered with fresh powdery snow.
Along the loop of the Swauk Discovery Trail, we watched the sun break out of the clouds over Diamond Head.
On the highpoint of the Swauk Discovery Trail, view towards the north,
Diamond Head to the east,
and a snowy ridge line to the west.
This area is mostly forested, but there are some open meadows.
Crossing Tronsen Creek on a bridge near the bottom of the Tronsen Meadow Route.
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