The road is dry up to the stream crossing, after that the run-off flows down it until close to treeline. You can walk on most of it without submerging your boots. Recommend trekking poles or a large stick for balance on the stream crossing in the morning as some of the rocks were underwater and slick when I crossed.
At the start of the road switchbacks is a nice easy snow climb for about 800 feet up a couple of gulleys. I would recommend if you want to get out with the crampons, and it allows you to bypass many of the switchbacks and regain the road at about 12,800 ft. I went up the first gully and found 1-2 feet of solid snow that is excellent to climb before the sun hits it around 7:30.
On the summit pitch I stayed close to the top of the ridge and avoided most all of the east facing snow fields that get soft early.
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