Church Mountain

Road was clear and mostly dry to the trailhead (2WD cars could probably make it if driven slowly and carefully). Lower trail was dry (or as dry as trails get around here) with only three blowdowns to hop across. Didn't see any snow on the trail until 3,900', and then it was just small patches (most of it could be avoided by walking on the side of the trail). After turning a bend at about 4,100', snow completely covered the summer trail. We followed the summer trail for a bit, then, after losing it, we just headed straight upslope. Our crampons came in handy because the snow was kind of icy and the slope was steep. Trekking poles were very helpful, too. We followed the crest of the ridge to 5,000', and then turned around. It was a strange weather day that constantly toggled between sun and light snow. On our descent, we even saw some graupel snow for a bit. Only had a few peek-a-boo views, but it was still an awesome day in the mountains. And we had this mountain all to ourselves the entire time.