This report is perishable and already 24 hours old.
There's been a good stretch of temperate weather and continued precipitation since the last report. The trees were making some unsettling noises in the wind, but none fell on me and I encountered very little blow-down (none on the trail).
Several segments of trail-creek/creek-trail/puddles are currently in effect, too many to list here, wear waterproof shoes.
The creek crossing at 2990' was a noteworthy adventure in itself.
Virtually all snow has disappeared from the trail, there is some patchy slush near the summit, but not really worth mentioning, sorry to waste your time.
Forgive my lack of detail here as I am no mycologist, but I did pass the remnants of a very formidable mushroom to the right of the trail on one of the last few switchbacks before the summit. If you come here in the next few days, you too may be able to witness it.
Lunch near the summit was pretty wet.
Due to a late start I ran really tight on time and did not stop to take photos.
If I had, I would have taken pictures from the summit, which would have been an excellent study in grey scale, and inverted rain. I also would have taken a photo of the creek at 2990', which is a regular miniature white water rapid. Then I would have cursed at myself for not taking a photo of aforementioned fungal remains because I didn't really think about doing that until right now.
Stay safe and dry-ish.
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