SNOW: Trail is essentially snow-free through the summit. There are two small (<50ft) snow patches in the talus fields on the rise 0.3mi west of the summit. Both can be crossed right now, or circumvented via talus-hopping as they become sketchier.
SUMMIT: There is a well-trod trail between the west rise and the summit block. Once you get to the summit block, stay on the north face. There is a light trail, reasonably well-marked with cairns (please add some!), that takes you pretty horizontally across the north face almost to the NNE ridge. From here, turn straight up into a class 3 chute to the true summit. This lets you avoid several false summits to the west and does not require any class 4 moves. Bring a helmet.
WATER: The water source 0.8mi below Windy Pass is pleasant and flowing very well; this is the last water below the summit. There is also a decent water source 3.6mi from the trailhead along the trail up to Lake Caroline, so it would be possible to hike very light on water until the source below Windy Pass.
WILDFLOWERS: Decent meadow around 4mi on the way up to Lake Caroline. Excellent meadow around 6.7mi below Windy Pass with great lupine field.
WILDLIFE: Some marmots in the meadow below Windy Pass.
TRAIL: Trail is in good shape except for the 1.5mi just past Little Eightmile Lake on the way up to Caroline. There are a number of patches of incredibly dense thickets that you have to push through, sometimes without being able to see the ground under your steps. It would be very easy to step on a rock/outsloping trail/washout and roll an ankle (though the thicket would catch you before you fell too far downhill). There are around 25 blowdowns between Little Eightmile and Little Caroline, none of which pose serious inconvenience. A few muddy stretches throughout, but nothing you need boots for.
TRIP: Left the trailhead at 7 AM; Eightmile lot was about half full. Made Windy Pass at noon, summited at 2:30 PM, returned to Windy Pass around 4:45 PM, and got back to the parking lot at 9 PM.
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