The road is now completely free of snow. Started at 5:30 AM and ascended with micro-spikes. Used snowshoes on the 2nd half of the descent due to post-holing. If you don't spend a lot of time at the summit, or start earlier you can do the whole descent with just spikes before the snow starts to thaw. I personally feel like the southwest ridge route should be avoided for a little while longer due to all of the wet slide activity above the route (see photo); however, there were many people climbing the avy debris up to the ridge.
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