All travel surfaces are melted out enough for snow not to be a concern. Stay on the trail until you're under the large cliffs at the end of the basin, then take grass up towards the Coxcomb/Redcliff saddle. The lower part is grass mixed with rock, then it turns into talus, and as it nears the break in the cliffs near the saddle it turns into steep, loose rock and dirt. This is the worst part of the climb as the dirt offers almost no traction at all. From the flat area on the saddle the remaining route is obvious, just go up the south ridge on rock. There's a use trail through the upper half of it. You can connect Coxcomb from here by descending to the saddle and skirting around to the south side, but trying to connect the ridge to "Fortress" is probably not possible.
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