Hey everyone, after ten days on the islands here's what I've gathered (May 7th). The hiking around the coast is snow freeand the passes up to 300 meters seem to be free of snow. Inland there is still a lot of snow. I was hiking on snow everywhere above 300 meters, sometimes ankle deep and sometimes up to my knees. After a few days of this I just decided to stop trying to do longer routes across the islands or interior and look for mountains with exposed ridge lines where I could get high snow free, or little snow. If you are coming over now I would bring snowshoes for extended hiking, I really wish I had mine. If in two weeks maybe you will be ok without them as the snow is definitely melting. The past few days have been very rainy but the start of the trip mostly sunny. Shorter day hiking from hostels or hotels is totally doable. Have an open plan and be ready to change and everything will be good. It's beautiful here and I'm off for three more days of camping. Have fun!
