Glen covered things well in his trip report so I'll just add a few pictures of views, signage and trail conditions.

Def windy up on the summit - taking shelter on the leeward side of the wall ruin was the ticket to a decent lunch spot.

Great hike up Jolly Mountain, mostly sunny weather and great views over the rest of the Teanaways, Mount Stuart, and the Enchantments. 20 mph wind on parts of the ridge and the summit but we were able to find wind free spots. Only saw one group of 3 coming up doing trail maintenance just as we were heading down from summit. A bit of snow and frozen ground near the top but never needed spikes. Of course, all this is out the window now with the weather change. Glad to get this hike in beforehand! Trail is easy to follow with various branches to other trails here and there. GPS track is useful. Trail is in great condition and steep in places. It's a multi-use trail that allows motorcycles, so there are tracks all the way to the summit. There is one major river crossing with a bridge about 4 miles in. No special gear needed on this day, though we both had waterproof boots. Gaia stats: 13.5 miles, 4,070' gain, 6,440' elevation, 6:27 total time, 0:53 stopped time.

Road and TH Conditions:  Paved road all the way until the trailhead. We parked at Salmon La Sac Sno-Park and were the only car there in a huge parking lot. A group of campers and motorcyclists were setting up camp when we returned to the car at end of the hike. No facilities here.  

Due to late afternoon time constraints, we didn’t hike Jolly itself, but hiked the Jolly Mt Road. This road is about 15 miles  north of Roslyn off the Salmon la Sac Road on the right. It is where the large winter Snopark is. We drive part ways up and park and then hike from there. We have been hiking, skiing, and snowshoeing this road for 45 years. It has tremendous views of mountains to the west on the north. Today, the fall colors were exuberant. We also use this road because it has fewer hunters and pick up trucks driving up and down than many of the local roads. We only had one motorcycle pass is in the hour+ we were hiking on the road. This is a fine adventure road, whether you a little way or all the way to the top and hike up Jolly. 

Took the short route up forest road 4315 which was in good condition. Gate was open, but I heard that at some point, they close it. We were the only cars when we started but by the time we returned to our cars, there were 4 other cars parked. I was a little surprised since I did not expect many people would venture out this far. Met some nice people on our way back from the summit. Weather was colder than usual and there was dense cloud cover all around above 5500 feet like a blanket sitting on top. Missed out on the views, although Mt Stuart did peek through for a few minutes. Light snow flurries at the top. Expect there will be more snow at the top next week.

Warning! The Teanaway 100 mile race is this weekend. Starting and finishing at Salmon La Sac, it runs from 5:00 AM Saturday to 9:00 PM Sunday. Here is the route https://caltopo.com/m/DTGF   and race info https://teanawaycountry100.com/race-weekend .