10.5 miles of hiking • 3750' elevation gain •
On the way to Nesmith Point, it started fairly warm near the trailhead but became quite wintry higher up. Fresh snow (it probably fell in the last 2 days) started above 2400', it varied from none under big trees to 4-6 inches in the open. It will melt pretty quickly though. I mostly missed rain, except that it was "raining" and "snowing" from the trees. Somewhere around 3400' old snow pack became too soft to hold me; I put on snowshoes and it was smooth sailing. Up on the summit it was snowing, windy and COLD - I didn't even look for a summit sign, just snapped a few photos and headed down. It was a good hike and me with Pepper had the trail completely to ourselves.
