"I was on the road with the dogs by 4 a.m. for the long drive from Seattle to the Entiat, looking for some sunshine and hoping to complete a hike we started about a month ago. Highway 2 over Stevens Pass had areas of ice and snow so we took the slightly longer route over Snoqualmie and Blewitt, lending an early perspective on the crappy weather on it's way from the coast. The Entiat River Road was slightly icy above 1500' which had me questioning the drive-ability of the forest roads to come. When we arrived at FS-5301 I was optimistic about what looked like an inch or two of powder covering the gravel road, but tires were spinning within the first twenty feet. I parked at the junction after some struggling and began booting up the road, which turned out to be covered in an inch of solid ice disguised under 1/2" of fresh snow. Microspikes were essential from the get go. Stormy Mountain and Devil's Backbone quickly came into view as we rounded a corner into the sunshine. About 2 miles up I came upon a memorial to Thomas F. Beebe, who led the recovery efforts after a wildfire devastated the forest around Perry Creek in the 1970's. From there I could see several ridges leading to th..." — Jeb • Dec 21, 2013