Painful descent for a warm-up!

Great hiking conditions, warm but not too hot.  Bugs were a pain when you stopped so we had to spray.  The weather was dry and good even though the views were not perfectly clear. The trail is clear and easy to follow, we had a couple of wet muddy areas but nothing impassable. We took the ski trail on our way down which I DO NOT recommend.  Very steep and hard on the knees!!