I took this picture on Sunday of the chute on the MR:
Did you need traction device to cross the snow directly in front of you in this pic?
We started late so by the time we hit the snow patch at 10:15am the snow was pretty soft. My hiking partner ended up using poles with no crampons. I used poles with crampons and found that they were able to grab a little. We chatted with another party who hiked up around 8am who said crampons were needed given that the snow was harder.
