Rain, or not rain, who knows!
Rain was forecast for Sunday, so I went on Sunday but found that all the rain had moved north by midday Saturday. Despite sleeping in, I decided to give it a try and... Rain started when I was putting on my boots, though it stopped after 10min. I continued in shorts and tshirt while the air temperature slowly decreased from 60F to 47F near the summit.
I had the approach and mountain to myself, and even the sun didn't want to work much this morning. Because of the cloud and fog layer, it felt like dawn until at least two hours after sunrise. The summit was closer to 40F with constant humidity/dripping from the cloud layer, so I didn't stay long and there wasn't much to see. I did stop several times on the descent to bask in the 53F glory.
By reaching the balcony junction, the fog layer had risen to 3200ft, and it was actually more drizzly below. Rain started ten minutes later and continued for the remainder of the hike, the lower portion of the trail being more muddy and peopled than anything above the balcony.
8.25mi, 1175m ascent
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