This hike was a fantastic one, no adverse weather, light winds (surprisingly), and overall a beautiful day. We left our campsite located about 0.5 miles from the intersection of the main North Halfmoon trail and the SW approach to Mt. Massive at about 06:30, and made the summit by around 08:30. The SW slopes were certainly steep, and the trek up was challenging. Nevertheless, it was a gorgeous day and the trail in generally good condition. The only parts of the trail which could be considered ambiguous were the sections through talus/scree, but cairns were generally well marked. On the final push to the summit (after the false 14,xxx summit), another hiker went slightly off the trail but I alerted him to the cairn he missed and he was able to scramble up a small hill to reach the main, more obvious trail which I was on. The winds at the top were surprisingly light, and there were few clouds in the sky. This trail overall was in fantastic condition, and the fall colors changing made the views of the valleys below spectacular. There were a good deal of other hikers on the trail as well.
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