The road to the trailhead was mostly dry, some parts were covered in a thin layer of snow. Not enough to need 4WD yet. From the start, the trail was covered in snow, only a thin layer to begin with, getting much deeper above treeline. I had spikes and snow shoes with me but didn't use either. Snow shoes would have been helpful above treeline but luckily someone else had made a nice trail to follow. Route finding was still quite easy (even if someone hadn't made a trail to follow). The weather was beautiful on the day of the hike so no complaints there. Total time to summit was 6 hours....started around 6:45am. I'm sure the snow was starting to soften up due to the sun but we took the train back down so I'm unsure of conditions hiking back down. Overall it was a great hike!
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