Arrived at 7:30am for my first 14er! Was super excited, but the trail condition was not what I anticipated from a previous climbers report on 6/12. There's still some snow on the initial trail, not bad, but I did sink once or twice. The path was super muddy and slippery. However, the real downfall was the lack of a trail by the river. There was no way to get over the river safely to finish making the hike up to the summit. In one area there were two tall rocks that you could jump across to, but they were not flat rocks you could jump onto easily. You literally had to jump up and across (not good for short legs!) and grab the top of the rock and without upper body strength or a good latch onto that rock you would have landed in the river. I watched several younger ladies make this jump, although it took them 10 minutes to muster up the courage! I was not going to attempt it so I turned around and headed back for the hour and a half drive home.
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