[mbravenboer]

I've never been to Hyak and am planning to do a brief snow trip there this afternoon carrying my son. I'm a little confused about the Hyak sno-park vs the now-closed ski area. It looks like there should be plenty of free parking around the ski area, right? Also, should I expect significant downhill skiers on summit east or central? Not sure if people take the effort of skinning up here after the ski area closes? Depending on this I might take the Nordic Pass route vs going up from Summit Central finding my own way up. Thanks!

[thunderhead]

You can park for free at the main hyak ski area lot. Make sure to obey posted "condo only" parking signs(usually the closest to the condos).

[JPH]

You can park at any of the central/west/hyak lots for free at this point. There will probably be a few skiers out and about, but wouldn't expect too many.

[mbravenboer]

Thanks both! My son loves seeing skiers, so I might skirt the boundary of the forest a bit to see some

[mbravenboer]

We parked at Silver Fir where there was only one other car (a friendly cross-country skier we ran into). We went up the Outback, then followed the East Connector and from there I messed up my route to Radio Mountain and we ended up doing a little lollipop around Rockdale Lake. Super fun afternoon and still plenty of snow to have fun there.