Attempted Blanca/Ellingwood today and made it to 12,700' before turning around due to high winds. As of 12/01, the Lake Como road is mostly snow covered above 9,000 feet, generally ankle deep. After Lake Como, the snow gets a bit deeper, with areas of shin/knee deep snow common. There was some occasional post-holing generally around Blue Lake, which was the area of deepest snow I experienced. Overall, decent conditions for this time of year. There weren't any other tracks out there for essentially the entire route, so the only tracks are mine. Hopefully they can be utilized. Though I wasn't able to do the last mile, nothing looked harder than what I had already done. The ridges to the summit were fairly wind-blown.
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