As others have reported, the water crossing is a bit rough and would be challenging today even in the morning without poles. In the afternoon it was high enough to splash the bridge and the logs we crossed in the morning were underwater.
The tarns on lower Railroad Grade are all dry and the stream is barley a trickle. Upper has plenty of tarns by base camp.
Park Butte will be getting painted 9/6-9/7 and will not be available for overnight visitors.
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