Made it to Glady's Divide today. A lot easier than other reports make it seem. 8:20 minutes total time including breaks, 19.1 miles traveled(lots of extra playing in the snow at Glady's divide).
Skok trail is well described elsewhere. Flapjacks trail is mostly good, several blowdowns that are very easily navigated around. You want to get water at the waterfall near the beginning of the trail, and drink your fill or pack some extra(especially if its a hot day like today), because there isn't much else for quite a while.
The lake is awesome, bugs weren't too bad, no snow, and there are lots of campsites and they are nice, I was surprised. Many back country camps don't have very many spots, this one was great. I passed 5 groups coming down and 1 solo and there was still 1 group and a solo set up(that I saw).
Trail to the divide was nice and simple, then eventually it was all snow up to the top. I did it with no spikes/crampons and no poles, with ease. There are dangerous places that the snow is melted out underneath, mostly close to the rocks that are sticking out... so you know, I went around them.
I would rate this hike 3 out of 5 for difficulty, 5 out of 5 for mountain and lake views. Really fun overall. I do want to say that I find difficulty ratings to not be so reliable, as difficulty is subjective. I'm 6'3" and mostly legs, so my rating is from that perspective, keep in mind.
Have fun out there!
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