Was the road completely covered with snow from where you started? I'm curious to know if it has enough snow to ride a snowmobile to Leavick.
Thanks!

There were snowmobile tracks, so, yes, I do believe there would be enough from where I started hiking. There certainly are places you'd have to be careful, but I would say it was 90-95% covered from there and pretty easy to avoid dry patches.

You mentioned that you made it in a Subaru to within 5 miles of the summit; how was the last part of the road in terms of driving? Also, approximately what elevation did you start from? Thanks!

The last mile or two had some drifts I wouldn't try to drive through with a standard clearance vehicle, but there were tracks from previous vehicles that helped. I did feel like I needed to plow through with some speed in a couple of cases to ensure I didn't get stuck. You could avoid this by adding a few additional miles to your hike. My GPS app says I started at about 10,900.

Just wondering if the upper sections are easily skiable?

I'm not one to ask. The area you climb is pretty windswept in a lot of places so there are many patches of exposed rocks but perhaps enough to ski safely in sections as well(?). Here are a couple of photos to give you the idea.

Hiking up the road, looking at Sherman from some distance:


A closer shot while navigating up one of the snow-filled gullies: