Mount Hinman, East Fork Foss - Necklace Valley — Friday, Jul. 29, 2022

A lovely run and scramble up Hinman via East Foss and the Necklace Valley. Despite the bugs and the heatwave, conditions were perfect. Given the lingering snow, there is plenty of water available. The snow is very supportable, which made the direct route up La Bohn easier. There were also opportunities for a handful of glissades, which sped up the descent. As long as the snow holds, I would hang to the north side of the west ridge so as to make the best use of the snowfields. Hiking the mostly dry ridge (I did that on the ascent) was pretty and blissfully bug free due to the wind, but it was slower going than putting on spikes and sticking to the snow. Scrambling along/over some of the false summits exposed me to a decent amount of loose rock and made me wish I had been down in the snowfield/glacier.