Road completely dry to the upper trailhead. Several snowfields remaining after the boulder field and into the forest, GPS and traction highly recommended. Large snowfields exiting the forest and to the saddle as well, but they were manageable. Can't really see with this picture but the gully route and the path to the class 3 exit of the crux on the ridge standard route were both still holding snow. Went with the class 4 options on the ridge which were a little spicy, but solid. Also the river crossing is extremely high, bring extra socks as getting wet is inevitable. Lol spent about 1.5 hours finding boulders to throw in and made somewhat of a crossing to the island and was able to reposition the log on the other side up against the boulders over there, but even then my boots still were 2-3" under water. There was a log further upstream that some people I spoke to said they were able to cross on, but when I attempted there was nothing supporting it and it sunk immediately so I'm pretty sure they got wet too.Â
       
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