I took the main trail and there were a couple small bits of snow but easy to just walk over without any issue (did not need traction). No use going the scramble route to avoid it. There were a couple confusing splits in the trail in this section but everything seemed to lead to the right place.
I was worried about bugs so I put on a buff and bug spray at ~4300ft when I first noticed they were around but they never ended up bothering me until the very final push above 5300ft.
Other than that, trail in great condition, not so much as a single log to step over I can recall. Lots of wildflowers noted including beargrass, lupine, paintbrush, tiger lilies, and more. I've definitely never seen so many tiger lilies. It was interesting to see the beargrass as you went up, ~3500ft the stalks were well past bloom but as you went up they went to end of bloom, to peak bloom, to early bloom.
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