The trail from the trailhead to about 4 miles in, just above treeline, is mostly free of snow but wet and muddy in areas. Once to this point we found a side trail down to the creek where the snow started. Not knowing we could get to the main route (on snow) from here, we took what we thought would be a short cut up a gully to the east of the standard route. We ended up on top of a cliffed out area which took us a while to navigate - so don't go that way, keep heading west, parallel to the trail! We did make it to the ridge and stuck to the standard trail from here, which is snow covered. There were a few small cornices, but the snow was super stable and we weren't too worried about them (though just to be safe we crossed below them one at a a time). We made it to the large point on the ridge (where you would cross to the other side) before having to turn back due to weather. Once skiing down, we found we could get from the main route back to where we started on the snow covered creek. Hope the pics are helpful, let me know if you have questions!
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