The first 2.2 miles up were fairly steep, and led to the aforementioned ledge. It was fairly crowded - both the hike and the ledge. We stayed for a bit, and then went off on a spur trail that led to a second ledge, another 0.75 miles along.
While there was some snow at this point of the season on the initial portion of the trail, the trail between the first and second ledges was entirely snow-covered. Henry used the microspikes that he got for Christmas, Dad used his Yax Trax (because he couldn't find his microspikes) and we both used our hiking poles. We followed footprints in the snow, crossed a few streams, and a snowfield where a few times we sunk in nearly knee-deep into snow. We were the only ones on this part of the trail, and had the second ledge entirely to ourselves. From there we hiked back down (and Henry found a geocache on the way down). Great first hike of the year as we enjoy the shoulder season between Winter and Summer with a mix of activities for both seasons!
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