Hiked up on 11/28. Road was open all the way to the portal. First 1.5 miles were dry with occasional icy spots. Snow and ice after that but didn't needtraction device. 1.5 m
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[*] before Trail camp snow gets 2-3 feet deep with a lot of post holing and trail dissappears completely inseveral sections.Turned around before the cables dure to knee high snow drift and ice.