R03/R01 TR: Sawmill, Colosseum, and some lakes June 2022

[shtinkypuppie]

@commonloon I was postholing in the afternoon as I attempted to go up Pinchot, in the brief northeast facing area around 11,500'. According to the latest Sentinel data, there's still some snow here, so you might try to hit Pinchot early, but there isn't much snow mileage total. The snow on the north side of Colosseum was much firmer, for obvious reasons, and I didn't actually encounter much snow besides those areas.

The only snow you'll encounter if you stay on trail

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[commonloon]

@shtinkypuppie Thanks much for the beta. I'm continuing North so that's good to know.

[walipriest]

Just went up Sawmill -Woods Lake myself last weekend, after reading your RR. Beautiful, windy, and cold! Much solitude, only saw 2 people, at the Hogsback while I was exiting on Sunday. A wonderful, grinding hike, the sole downside being the overgrown spots along the trail -many thorny bushes (buckthorn?) worked hard to shred my legs!

[shtinkypuppie]

Just went up Sawmill -Woods Lake myself last weekend, after reading your RR. Beautiful, windy, and cold! Much solitude, only saw 2 people, at the Hogsback while I was exiting on Sunday. A wonderful, grinding hike, the sole downside being the overgrown spots along the trail -many thorny bushes (buckthorn?) worked hard to shred my legs!

That's Mountain Whitethorn - the bane of my existence as a habitual shorts-wearer.

[sekihiker]

I enjoyed the report and photos for your ambitious trip. Thanks for posting.