Summited on Saturday March 5, 2016 via Hourglass. Road became impassable just below Jaws .5. Made it to 9730 in stock Jeep Wrangler. A stuck 4Runner blocked road at that point. Hiked to Lake Como. Some in our party wore just boots, other snowshoes. It was soft and we postholed quite a bit especially just before lake.
Lake Como was frozen solid, soft drifted snow all around. Snow was sugary in lower couloir. Used snowshoes from Lake Como to halfway up it. South face was mostly clear just below ridge but solid snow to base of Hourglass - used crampons to cross this section and all the way to summit. Again, snow was not bad in Hourglass but soft in places, sugary in others and icy elsewhere.
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