First time playing in fresh snow for me this current winter season. Deep enough in the TH on Slide Mountain road that I strapped the snowshoes on the pack just in case the snow deepens higher up. Micro spiked the whole ascent just for a bit me traction. At the summit swapped out the spikes for the snowshoes just to have fun on the easier sections of the descent. The rock garden section, mid way down, slowly became a royal pain with numerous ankle flips. I was too lazy to take off the snowshoes until the junction with the P-E trail where it was back to spikes.