NF road 9737 had a solid 4" of snow on it with lots of big potholes. It was hard to differentiate puddles from potholes but the road is passible.
Arrived at the TH at 9:30, there were still a number of parking spaces.
Broke trail, if you could call it that, through 3" of fresh wet snow (4" at higher elevation, 5700"). The trail was still recognizable with a few exception.
We missed the last last turn (not recognizable) up the switchbacks to the Lake Ann overlook. Backtracked and found what is supposed to be the trail to overlook but no trail was evident. Decided to turn around and call it a day after 2 1/2 hours of hiking.
Came across three other parties on the way down. Trail is now packed snow. Assume with low temps tonight the trail will be frozen packed snow and icy tomorrow.
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