Bit of a break in the rain today, but there was plenty of water falling from the trees, especially melting snow up high. Wore a rain jacket most of the way just for the dripping and brushing against branches. Surprisingly almost zero fallen trees or large branches across the trail. Brought micro spikes but snow was so wet and soft I never used them. The sections of trail with only a couple inches of snow on top of rocks were quite slippery but spikes wouldn't have helped much without destroying them on rocks. 2 poles were very, very helpful, especially coming down the mushy slip-n-slide of the top 1000ft ish. Trail above 4000ft hard to follow at times, low branches and other plants seem to be blocking it in places, make sure to bring and use a GPS device. If you plan to summit I strongly recommend high-top boots and gaiters. Heck, even some lightweight snowshoes would have come in handy above 4000ft.
Elevation: Trail conditions
TH: typical mud
3000 ft: spotty snow
3300 ft: trail mostly covered in snow 1-3"
3700 ft: 3-6" snow, all other footprints turned around
4000ft: 4-8" snow, fully breaking trail now
4500ft (summit): 8-12+" snow, knee deep if you step just off the "trail" (aka the slightly more packed down strip).
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