So. Much. Horse Poo. It was ridiculous. All the way to Snowmass Lake it was a game of hopscotch.
Log jam was much easier to cross than I anticipated. Stable logs and easy to navigate across. Dry trail all the way to Snowmass Lake. Snowmass starts well above the top of the headwall. We ascended via the ridge around the bump and descended the direct line. Direct line to ridge has snow all the way to the ridge. Firm snow in morning and heavy/wet by noon. We followed HikerGuy's crampons steps down with microspikes and an axe with no slipping and sliding yet. Once an open, rock free path was available we glissaded down.
Descent from camp was wet due to rain and had even more horse poo. Ugh.
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