Goat Ridge, Snowgrass Flat & Heart Lake via Lily Basin Trail — Tuesday, Jul. 19, 2016

Dangerous but doable. Spent the first day hiking up to Cispus Basin first across the Bypass trail then crossed the 96 back. The trail was in great condition, few downed trees but easy to manage pass. The first obstacle we ran in to was the snow fields up at Goat Lake. This place is still pretty frozen solid. We spent the night up on the only clear campsite and I must say pack for cold weather. The temperature dropped down to 30 degrees at night and that was with no wind. We did see a ton of goats on the ridges though. So from Goat Lake to Jordan Basin it gets pretty dangerous with ice and snow over about 10 spots with sheer drop offs. I would recommend trekking poles and some sort of tracton devices for your shoes, I used Yak Trax and they worked pretty well. From Jordan Basin on the trail returned back to great conditions.