"Don’t think I went up the standard way , but it went . I biked from Dutchman flat sno park as I thought I could avoid wilderness permit , but when I got to TH it seemed like they wanted me to have one anyway. Confusing! Thankfully the Gestapo weren’t out checking papers today. Todd lake trail is nice and cruisy all the way to green lake campground. From there I headed right toward the waterfall that you can see on the mountain in the distance , and a faint trail provides loose, but class 1 access to the base of lewis glacier peak where it merges with standard trail. Lewis glacier peak shouldn’t take more than 15-20 mins . From there it got kind of annoying , wasn’t expecting it to be that loose and dusty. On the rim, I dropped down a class 3 exit and scree slid down pretty much all the way to the saddle and then walked up to hodge crest . I would track a gps or make sure you know what exit you take as it all looks the same on the way back up. It is also extremely loose to get back. Once you are back on , its smooth sailing to top. The best part about this was definitely the waterfalls after green lake , and the alpine lakes at the junction. I even took a quick little nap at the hig..." — joshortman • Aug 25, 2023