We arrived at the trailhead at 9 am on the Sunday of Memorial day and had no problems parking. It's an uneventful hike most of the way with surprisingly little traffic - no more than 3-4 day hikers above the Flapjacks turnoff. Maybe 4 backpackers coming down from the lakes in the morning.
The route is steady uphill after the turnoff but only very steep for a few short sections including some of the final 3/4 mile to the lakes
There are a few patches of snow near the lakes which are easy to cross - you might posthole but you won't need any kind of traction devices.
We had the lakes completely to ourselves. They are all melted out now with just some heavy bank snow on the far shore. No bugs at all. A very pretty spot, I can see why the lakes are popular. There is still a lot of snow on the slopes around the lakes so I don't think you can make it up to Gladys Divide yet, and not sure about Black and White lakes (I suspect those would be pretty snowy).
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