TRONSON MEADOWS NON-MOTORIZED AREA: Just north of 4000 ft. Blewett Pass on U.S. 97 is the Tronson Meadows non-motorized winter recreation area.. This area is part of the Leavenworth Ranger District. There is a maze of roads and trails in this area offering all levels of technical challenge and having in common the official protection from encroaching snowmobiles and their attendant noise and stink.  Two roads blocked by iron gates access this area. Road # 7245 is nearest the pass and Road # 7240 is perhaps 1/8 mile further down the highway. Neither is an official Sno-Park but the WA. State DOT often does a fairly thorough job of plowing parking spots anyway.  When it is actively snowing there is the possibility of being plowed in by DOT plows clearing the highway.  Carry a shovel in your car! Maps of this area have been posted at the road heads from time to time but weather and neglect have made them more or less un-readable.  Rd. # 7245 leads up and away from the highway through timber and reaches a clearcut in about ½ mile. Either follow the road or climb directly up the cut to access more roads which wind back into Tronson Basin.  Rd. # 7240 also climbs away from the highway. A spur veers right in about ½  mile and leads to a junction with Rd. # 7245.  A spur veers left in about another ½ mile and leads to a large clearcut which can offer some fun downhill runs. By continuing on the main road one will eventually connect with Rd. # 7245 and can complete a loop back to the highway. There are summertime trails out of  Tronson Basin which lead up onto Tronson ridge but they are poorly marked and quite steep.  Diamond Head, the prominent rock outcropping which hangs over the basin to the south, can be climbed by scrambling directly up from Rd. # 7245 but caution must be exercised here as the terrain steepens and avalanche becomes more of a threat.