Arrived around 8:45am on a Friday. There were maybe 4 other cars in the parking lot.
After the balcony intersection the trail gets much narrower. As others have noted, it's a bit overgrown in sections. It's mostly small patches except for a good tenth of a mile at 3.0 miles from the start. Depending on how damp everything is and how warm you are, you may want to put on rain gear for that bit. I got soaked. There aren't any big branches or thorns, just lots of soft brush. It gets thick again near the summit too.
The trail from the balcony to the peak is mostly on an old logging road which makes for pleasant hiking, if a bit monotonous. Easy to follow and not too strenuous a grade. The trail description mentions that the summit is on private land but I saw no signs or markers anywhere.
I had no views at the peak. I hung around for half an hour eating lunch and hoping it would clear up but no luck so I headed back down. By the time I got to the balcony it was pretty clear, although the peak was still buried in a cloud.
Tons of pretty mushrooms and fungus on this hike and an impressive variety including some very big ones and some kinds I'm not sure I've seen before. Just 2 banana slugs.
I saw maybe 10 people all day, and all between the balcony and the trailhead. 1 dog (leashed). My watch said it was 8.55 mi and 3550 ft and 3hr 45min including my lunch stop. Not sure how WTA has it as 9.2 mi as my watch usually overestimates distance traveled.
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