This was my first time doing this hike - so you'll have to forgive me if this isn't detailed in the way you would like.
I got an early start - 7:00am I started hiking - at this point, the sun was just coming up and it was probably a few degrees below freezing.
The trail was totally clear up to Pebble Creek (which was completely dry because there was no melting snow yet). Then the Muir snowfield started about 40-60 meters past that.
The snowfields at this point were rock-hard and too slippery for me - there was also a dusting of snow from the over the weekend - obscuring any previous tracks for me to follow; so I decided to follow the coordinates given by the NPS and stay on the rock islands as much as possible. This was much easier than sliding around.
I didn't have to cross wide-open snowfield again until about 1km before Moon Rocks. By this time, the sun had softened the snowfield and I was able to climb it with relative ease.
Approaching Moon Rocks and beyond, there are several deep crevasses - though not very wide. I wouldn't want to slip into one and get stuck (ouch!).
On the way down, there was considerable waterflow in (and under) various places on the snowfield. Pebble Creek was really flowing once I reached that point.
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