Starting a hike on thursday from Cottonwood, planning to go over New Army Pass, up the Guitar Lake switchbacks, then down to the portal. Looking for any info on conditions to decide on bringing microspikes or crampons/ice axe.
From what I've seen here and the portal store forums, the front side switchbacks look clear and passable without crampons or spikes, and NAP and the back side had some snow but were doable by scrambling around the snow. Sounds like we don't need to bring spikes or crampons, anyone have additional info?
Thanks.
