This is little over due, and I did this hike about 20 days ago. I drove about 5 hours to north to get here. We stayed one night at hotel, and enjoyed the area. There was snow some places, and also in the trail. The first half of the section was covered by snow, and it was very slippery. Unfortunately, I did not bring a spike and stay slow to going up. There are two lakes when we go up, and it was so beautiful. The last section was has so rocky, and there are small stones and rocks on the trail and sides. When we reach our destination, there was big lake ( duck lake) and small lake ( pika lake) behind.
There are so many variations in this trail and area, and I probably come back later.
