I went up the Mount Townsend Trail after driving around the Hood Canal due to the 6 week Hood Canal Bridge closure. Took the Sink Lake Trail to get to the Mt Townsend Trail because of deep snow on the road to the main trail access. I made it to about 5000 feet in elevation before running into sketchy snow on steep mountainside. If I had brought an ice axe and microspikes I would have gone further but I was only in trail runners so this was as far as I was comfortable going. There was another hiker in front of me who other hikers coming down told me had crampons so I'm assuming he/she made it to the top. There were only 2 other cars at the trailhead when I arrived and the couple I saw coming down were the only people I saw.