We did the day hike on Tuesday 8/29. Conditions as follows:
- Water crossing at 0.5 mi was normal, easy to cross on rocks - North Fork crossing at 0.9 mi was high but still passable on rocks - At 5am, the entrance to Bighorn Meadow was very wet. There was about 20-30 feet of trail under 10-12" of water, and then further along another similar stretch by the new log noted above (in other words, the log was not a help). We threw on water shoes until we climbed out of Outpost Camp. The second creek crossing was too high to navigate on the rocks without getting wet feet too. When we cam back through about 4:15pm, the water had receded dramatically, despite rainfall since lunchtime, and water shoes were not needed. everything was navigable in my non-waterproof trail runners - Spring at 23rd switchback was running in full force. I don't see it drying up for a while (if at all this year) - Backside has one patch of snow about 30 feet in length about 0.5 mi from the summit. Pretty easy to navigate with poles, just be careful if it gets slushy because it gets slippery. There's no alternate route obvious (I looked for cairns but found none).
