Arrived at the trailhead around 8:45 am with plenty of available parking remaining in the lot. The road to the lot is a short gravel road with one pothole (which I was able to navigate easily in my low clearance Prius).
The first part of the hike was great, lots of rocks and water on the trail with sections that were pretty steep. A little more than half way you cross a stream that has taken over the trail pretty completely but is easily passable. Continuing another mile (or less) you run into another pretty wet section of the trail that seems to be mostly snow melt. I ended up walking straight through this and having no issues crossing a deeper section on rocks with my poles for balance. I would definitely recommend waterproof footwear for this hike.
As other trail reports have stated, about two thirds of the way up you begin to run into snow on the trail. I immediately put my micro spikes on while my partner held out (but not for long). The snow is pretty consistent all the way up and some parts are beginning to get very slushy. I post holed a few times and parts of the snow pack do get very narrow in sections.
We unfortunately didn’t have much of a view at the top, but this was a great hike that is both challenging and doable if you have the correct equipment.
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