The 4x4 road was very passable in my 93 Explorer. Great hike but it was slow going for me as I had a girl from Seattle in my party. Took about 10 hours round trip which (for my level of hiking) was probably about 3 or 4 hours too long (started at about 0700, summit at 1300, back to the car at about 1530). Other than that, it was a great hike on a very easy trail. The top gets a little steep but we took it slow and had no problem! We stepped off of the summit and scattered the ashes of my buddies dad while I played taps on my trumpet (he was Navy) and I greatly appreciate the respect that was shown for an unannounced ceremony like that. Huge S/O to anyone who was up there on the 12th!
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