Snow moved into the area Friday night. Was still ongoing (barely) during first couple hours of the hike Saturday morning. Didn't use flotation or traction until after leaving Colorado Trail. There was a faint trench to follow, but that disappeared from time to time. I used spikes and snowshoes off and on for the remainder, but stashed my snowshoes around 12,000'. Winds were actually pretty tame so the ridge had not been scoured. The new snow was loose and not supporting at all so footwork was "fun". Spikes were definitely helpful on the higher ridges due to how slippery the rock was as well as patches of rock-hard snow.
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