You should have crampons and an axe with you for anything on the north faces above 7,500'.
I most likely didn't need them last weekend going to Cucamonga Peak but I went over Bighorn, where I did need them. I did not use them at all on Cucamonga but wasn't on the trail most of the way up or down. I did not use them at all on the way down but I did use my axe the the entire Icehouse Saddle to Icehouse RT.
