Snow level at the mid-3000s, so no easy access to the loops that pass around Observation Peak, or to Soda Peaks Lake. The lower Trapper Creek area is open, good for shorter dayhikes and backpacks. Minor amounts of downed trees.

Seems like that is where I hit snow last year, except in late May, not mid-June.  I'm guessing you found the the trails pretty quiet?

Certainly quiet in comparison to the gorge, especially the Oregon side. But there was one couple that I saw planning to backpack the loop.

I hiked the lower Trapper Creek area yesterday for the first time.  We did the short loop:  Trapper Creek trail (#192) to Observation Peak Trail (#132) to a cuttoff trail (#195), back to Trapper Creek Trail (#192) and back to the trailhead.  This was roughly a 6 to 6.5 mile loop with ~1,500' elevation gain.  We would have opted for the next longer loop (cutoff trail #198), but knee pain in our hiking party required shortening the hike.  Sounds like we may have encountered snow if we had done that.  It was a beautiful day with few people on the trails.  We saw 2 groups of people all day and there were only ~ 6 cars at the trailhead.