Wonderful hike! I've included 5min of video highlights below..
Road/Parking: even arriving by 8am on a weekday, the upper Paradise parking lot was full and the lower lot only had 6 empty spaces left - arrive early!
Wildflowers: yellow & pink monkey flowers, saxifrage, shooting star, western pasqueflower, lupine(mostly finished), bistort, sitka valerian, heather, marsh marigold, cusick speedwell, lousewort, groundsel, arnica, phlox, paintbrush and more I've forgotten!
Crowds: lots of hikers until the Paradise Glacier Trail turnoff and after that very few
Wildlife (besides people haha): marmots, chipmunks, thrush
Bugs: a few horseflies and mosquitos
Snow: Non on trail until going past 'end of maintained trail' sign, toward old ice caves site. Beyond that several easy to cross, fairly flat snowfields.
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