The trail is pretty much still 60% covered by snow, so an extra pair of socks or appropriate footwear will suffice. (snowshoes might help now due to the melt, but not on the steeper sections). A couple of the sections you can go around the snow. However, there was a lot of scaling to be done to reach the peak (shale/rock/snow). We did make some fun on the way down and slid the snow sections... Cut our time in half!