The 4wd road had not yet been packed down since the last storm. We were able to boot the first few miles of the road, but eventually needed snowshoes as we got higher and the snow got deeper. From the summer TH to the ridge snowshoes were necessary and you could pretty much pick any line through the bowl. We went right and up and hit the ridge at the large cairn. Wore microspikes from here to the summit. Surprisingly, the ridge had a lot of snow on it. Postholing was minimal though except in a few short sections after false summit. It was extremely windy on the ridge and the weather conditions made it impossible to attempt Red.
            
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