Goat Mountain and Deadman's Lake — Saturday, May. 23, 2020

The road to the TH is in great shape.  Only a couple of areas to watch for potholes over the 18 miles from US12.

Only one other car in a very large parking lot.  I saw one group of two coming down in the first mile of my hike.  I had the trail completely to myself for the rest of the day.

The non snow covered parts of the trail is in excellent shape.  Intermittent snow until 4,650 ft where the snow was a solid 4ft and only became deeper with elevation.  The trail is fully covered from this point.  I used microspikes from 4,650 ft to 5,100 ft.  I found snowshoes helpful after 5,100ft.

There were no views by the time I reached the ridge at 2pm.  I turned around after a short walk along the ridge as the sky did not look like it was going to clear.

There is an incredibly beautiful waterfall along FS26 1.4 miles north of the TH.