Got to portal Sunday the 5th, was unexpectedly warm and clear. We got on the trail about 530am the next day and made progress fairly quickly. We saw very few people on the trail only. We got to the base of the switchbacks at about 9:15 and took a while going through the snow section used our ice axes on the cables section and some of the more iced up sections. Weather started to turn as we could see clouds moving in from both sides of the mountain and we made the call to turn back just before the trail crest. The way down it started snowing pretty heavy and didn't stop the whole way down. We made it back to our camp at about 3. Thanks for everyone's advice and posting on the forum.
