Started climb at 6, reached 10500 feet by 8:00AM. Thunderstorm to the west generated squalls of enveloping clouds, rain, hail, and snow over the next hour, giving reason to pause. At about 9AM optimism again reigned and we decided to push up to chicken out ridge. With slowly improving weather (and in spite of a whitened summit) we decided to go on, reaching the summit at 11:30. Temp about 35F with a steady 30-40mph wind.

uneventful way down with continuously improving weather requiring several stops to strip off layers. 85 and beautiful sun at the trailhead at 4PM