There was a light dusting of snow overnight. Everything in the sun was dry, but on the right side of the ridge most of the rock was snow covered. At 13,000' (photo 14 in the Kelso Route description), the left side was in the shade, which necessitated climbing the much steeper right side on the white rock which was dry and in the sun. The rock is solid, though. The knife edge was pretty spicy with snow on the right side, which is where the good foot spots generally are.
From Torreys down to the Grays saddle, it was in the sun and mostly snow free but very windy.
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