Video of the hike.  https://youtu.be/rEEcpH_TX_w

Latest hike up Mt. San Antonio.

Overall, this was a difficult hike with the snow. I just used microspikes, and would not recommend that at current conditions. Minimum would be crampons. A majority of the hikers had mountaineering crampons and ice axes. I was able to make it with hiking poles and microspikes. But traction was an issue going up and down.  I did have snowshoes, but those weren't needed.

The trail itself is in good condition. Up to about halfway to the ski hut, it was sporadic snow/ice. Could have made it without any spikes. But past the halfway point, the trail becomes covered entirely in snow/ice. The trail is definitely not the usual path to the ski hut, so be aware of which direction you are going as there are a lot of forks in the snow trail.

Once you get to the ski hut, there were generally 4 ways to get up the bowl. The regular switchback route. Poles and crampons are recommended. Up the bowl itself. Crampons and ice axes are recommended. Up the notch. This one definitely requires experience, ice axes and mountaineering crampons. The final way is the way I took, which is the gulch behind the ski hut. I only had microspikes on, so it was quite a difficult hike up. Need crampons and hiking poles for this route. This route met up with the devils backbone trail, and it was mainly icy with some snow. Also some bare spots.

Once at the peak, it was windy and cold. All the rock shelters were covered in ice. So if you are thinking of camping at the peak, be aware of wind conditions and that you will have no cover.

On the way down, I went the switchback route. Pretty much the whole way down from the peak to the ski hut was snow and slush. So any route you take to the peak would be a tiring one. Time wise, started the hike at around 7 am, and didn't finish till after 4 pm.