We parked at the Mt Princeton Road 2WD trail head, and starting at 7am we hiked up just enough snow pack to the end of the 4WD road with just our boots on- no flotation needed. At this time we put on micro spikes to help our ascent up Tigger. There was one other climber on the mountain who decided to take the East face of Tigger, and we then decided to take the North face of Tigger to get to the ridge line. We stashed our snowshoes at this time as we realized we would not need them at all this trip- lots of snow has melted. There is not enough snow to warrant taking the switch backs west to the normal winter Trigger trail. Even still, climbing Tigger on the ascent to Princeton, and then climbing it again, and then going back down it during the descent- were the hardest parts of the route. Within another couple weeks, without another big snow, this mountain will be even more bare and ready for summer.
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