Went up to sunrise via the wonderland trail from the White River CG, on the very last day before the road to sunrise opened. The parking lot was empty except for about 8 cars. Nobody was seen anywhere except near the sunrise buildings. Quite a sight on a sunny day! The trail to sunrise is 100% snowfree, and the sourdough ridge trail is for the most part snow free. There was only 1 major snowpatch that required one to walk around, all of the others could be easily traveresed. The sunrise rim trail is 95% snowfree from sunrise to shadow lake, and the trail from sunrise to frozen lake is mostly 80%+ snowfree). Couldn't see mt. freemont as it was holding the weather in along with mt. burroughs, but apparently it is mostly snowfree (no ice axe needed either) according to the ranger. The trail up to mt. burroughs has not been dug out yet either. In a few weeks much more should be available, but until then, the sourdough trail makes for some great views.
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