Logged approx 13.3 miles by our tracker.  We started at 7am and made the peak by 11am with a couple breaks along the way.  The lower part of this trail is the steepest (aside from the very top), so it was a tough start and a slower descent in those steeper parts.  It still took us ~ 3 hours to descend.

I wore hiking pants and a sleeveless shirt, and it was the right choice.  While there were some parts when I could've had shorts, other parts were cooler, and there are some narrower parts of the trail where pants help avoid small scratches.

I thought this hike was absolutely beautiful – lots of trees with good variety, more green than I expected, an interesting rocky terrain with tremendous views nearly the whole way.  The top is a great 360 view.

For water, I had my 1.5L daypack bladder, 20 oz Gatorlyte, a ~20-30 oz water bottle and a 1L water bottle.  I drank all but the 1L bottle.