Road is impassable just before the 11 mile marker. We parked at the edge of the road and snowshoed to the trail head. Road still has several feet of snow in places, so could be a bit before it's totally clear. There were bear tracks along the road, probably from the night before, but thankfully didn't come across the bear!
The trail itself was actually snow free for about the first mile (probably up to about 5000 feet). There were several big trees blocking the trail, but we were able to go around without too much hassle.
Once we were back in the snow line the snowshoes went back on. We were able to follow the actual trail until about the last mile, where we just navigated our way to the ridge, following another set of snowshoe tracks, likely from the day before. There were a couple spots that we're a little steep, we did our best to avoid the avalanche prone areas, and these spots actually made for a few nice little glissades down!
We just stopped at the ridge, and didn't attempt to summit. It looked like the previous tracks went to the summit, but there were some serious cornices, and we didn't think it was worth the risk. the view is still just as good along the ridge line!
I'd recommend having snow shoes for anyone attempting this hike (at least during warm weather). The warm weather made the snow very soft, and we would have been postholing without them.
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