Started up at 1:00am local time. Kept on following the trail of lights, which for a while I thought was related to the ski lift. Once the light came around it was a long line to the Pearly Gates. We're people dying to get in? haha. It was busy and a constriction point. From Crater Rock col, it was bucket steps to the top. The snow was hard which was good for the folks on foot. No one skied from the summit. That would likely have been suicidal. From Crater Rock Alex and Rick skied down and they said it certainly was survival skiing. Late in the morning we were walking off the last part by the ski area and the snow had gone unsupportive and I longed for the trudge to end.