The hike up to the pass wasn't bad at all. The snow field we had to cross was the nice hard compact stuff that doesn't post hole. I hiked at least a mile and a half on it without postholing once. The final stretch up to the pass has two snow chutes we had to traverse, both went straight down into icy lakes. But the snow was good and the folks that had already crossed it had kicked good steps in. I didn't need my snow gear but was using it anyway since I'm carrying the heavy stuff.
The pass was cloud covered again which was a shame. I had hiked this pass last year and the view was fantastic. The rest of the hike was a very easy cruise into the campground.
The campground was surprisingly crowded for this time of year. We had a reserved spot set aside for hikers but the rest of the 80+ spots were mostly full. Our spot was very full. We ended up having 12 hikers show up all but one flipping from new Mexico. We picked up some locals and car campers and had over 20 people having a good time around our campfire. Normally I would be bothered by people staying up past midnight but with another 10 mile hike scheduled for tomorrow it didn't really matter.
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