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I was there on 6/20. I went in and from green lakes trail head. The trail is all snow 1-2 miles from the trail head. After spending the night at the lake, we needed crampon untill about 6:30 am. So it depends on the weather and when you intend to start. After 6:30 it was a mushy slog, and would have been sooner if the slope catched the sun sooner. Only area without snow was the crest along the edge of the Layman (sp?) glacier. An axe is good if for nothing else glissading back down

Info Saturday, May 8, 2004 Registration is at 8 AM by the main fee station at Smith Rock State Park Parking passes included for all volunteers Free dinner for volunteers starts at 6 PM with video of the day's events, and the ever popular auction and raffle Taken from. http://www.smithrocks.com/flash/events/st_04.html

One word of warning. Though it sound like IT band troubles, it might be a muniscus(sp?) tear. I went through this last summer and all the signs I saw pointed at the IT band, but the doc diagnosed it as a lateral muniscus tear. If it is IT band learn the lay on a rolling pin stretch trick.