Road is fine for passenger cars up to the normal winter closure site. Snowshoes were a big help on the approach, though you could make it without them. Road was mostly snow-free after that and can easily be navigated, though microspikes/yaktrax help. The standard route goes toward the ridge after the Hilltop Mine, but it's covered in snow and overhung with cornices. Instead, you can go NW up the face and re-join the standard route at the flat area on top. There were snow fields up the face and along the ridge to the top, but nothing that would have required crampons. The ridge to ~14000 feet was extremely windy, but was fine at the summit.
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