7.0 mi to summit
14.7 mi total
3,038 ft start
6,827 ft max
4,076 ft gain
4 hr 6 min to summit
8 hr 2 min total
Bluebird day. 8:30 to 6:30 car-to-car, with a bike ride to the trailhead. I did not adequately factor in how much the ride to the trailhead was gonna gas me--haven't been biking much lately! I brought crampons and ice axe, but things were melted enough that there was no need for either. The first snowfield has a narrow four-step stretch of firm snow to cross (with an "ok" runout) with well-worn steps. That went fine in my trail runners. The south-facing snowfield near the summit was soft enough in the afternoon to simply walk up (and glissade down). The summit ladders creaked enough to get me slightly puckered. Still lots of Vaccinium deliciosum berries. Also got to watch a young goat frolicking like an idiot while the nanny looked on disapprovingly.