We hiked into Como Lake Friday afternoon around 4:00 pm. We postholed the last 300 yards to the cabin. The snow was slush. We stayed in the cabin. At 4:00 am, we started hiking. It did not get cold enough last night and postholed on every 5th step until we got to the trees. In the trees, we postholed every few steps. Once we climbed the hill heading up the valley to the Little Bear trailhead, the snow was much more solid. It would have been much easier with snowshoes. We used crampons and mountaineering axes to climb the first gully. There was a thin crust, but it was easy to kick through. Since this was our first time using axes and crampons and an afternoon storm was forecast, we turned around at the top of the West ridge. (This is only my second Conditions Report so please be nice.)
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