Navajo basin is mostly filled with snow from about 12200ft up. The ridgeline toward the North slope is about 70% snow free but several large snow patches must be crossed. The upper ridgelines are snow free but the gulley on the approach to Wilson is still filled with a lot of snow, but one can cross on dirt at the very top near the ridge. The summit pitch is clear.
The snow fields made for good glissades on the descent all the way back to Navajo Basin, one can do a two tiered glissade into Navajo Basin at 12400ft with only several hundred yards of hiking between the two.
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