"Started from Dingford Creek trailhead at 8 AM. Took the Hardscrabble Route on foot past the closed gate. There are two forks intersections in the road; always take the left. The road gains around 1K. Made it to the old Hardscrabble trailhead by 11 AM. Old trailhead is located opposite a turnout which is just past a 4+ foot diameter log. First part of the trail is an old skid road that climbs pretty quick. The first part ends in a slide alder choked chute. At this location the snow started. Made it to lower H lake at 1 PM. Made it to upper H lake by 2PMish. Set up camp and ate lunch. Started for summit at 3:30 PM up ramp behind upper H lake. Lots of snow. Made it to the summit just after 6 PM. Lots of cornices on the ridge approach-- had to walk on the western side slope where the ridge necks down. The run out to the Snow lakes below was considerable. The summit view was beautiful. Could see Baker, Adams, and even the Seattle skyscrapers beyond Bessemer. Made it back down to camp in one hour. Camped. Started out at 6 AM and made it back to DC trailhead at 10 AM." — cloudbreach • May 29, 2021

"The drive from Renton was a little rainy, but it let up the I crossed up the Middle Fork Snoqualmie road, which was riddled with potholes as usual. The dingford creek trailhead was about halfway full when I arrived at 3 a.m. The five and a half miles to Myrtle Lake was a bit of a slog, taking me nearly 2 1/2 hours. The surprisingly high temp of over 60 before sunrise made the 2500' gain a sweaty venture. There is an amazing variety of fungi and shelf along the Dingford Creek Trail. I also encountered several large salamanders sitting in the middle of the trail, all of them seemingly indifferent to my presence. Colin and Cooper were up at 5:30 when I radioed from just below the lake. I watched the sunshine rise on the lake while we did a final gear check and discussed our route. We were not sure at the time, but Big Snow summit was visible from Colin's camp on the south end of Myrtle Lake. At the 4-way junction leading to camp there was a trail leading toward our destination which ended abruptly after less than 50 feet. Colin had read Fred Beckey's guide and knew we were looking for a scree field leading to the outlet of Big Snow Lake. Before we found it we happened up..." — Jeb • Sep 14, 2013

"Started trip from Dingford Creek trailhead. Proceeded off trail from Myrtle Lake and ascended to Big Snow Lake where we set up base camp. The next day we summitted Big Snow Mountain and spent the night on the summit. Descended the next day to Big Snow Lake, and then back to our car a couple days later. " — paulhuddleston • Jul 18, 1986