Climbed the steep route up from the South / South West (half-moon Camp) and took the gradual route down to the main trail head for mount Massive. Beautiful day despite weather reports warning of thunder storms. We did have some menacing looking clouds roll in and we waited in a gully with some boulders as shelter just above tree line. From there if the light show got impressive we where going to bee line it down a scree field below tree line. Luckily all that really happened is it brought in some hail for about 15 minutes and then we where on our way to the summit. We met 5 other hikers at the summit. Three where with us on the way up taking shelter from the storm. So I believe the poor weather reports kept the masses from an attempt that day. All and all a beautiful day for a hike to the summit. Our hiking distances are approximate but much longer than what is necessary as we hiked not from the trailhead but from our camp that was still a few miles from the Mount Elbert and Mount Massive trail heads.