>>380783If you've had some experience with scrambling, you should be fine, and it would give you valuable experience for even harder trails. It would be a good idea if you are apprehensive about it to bring some rope, that way you'd have some assurance if the weather changes rapidly (since mountains have their own weather system). If you have a climbing helmet bring that too, if only for the knife's edge part. That's only for your own safety, I didn't use one.
Be aware that it's around 6 and a half miles to the base (which like I mentioned goes to a lake, which I'm pretty sure is called Capitol Lake, but that could be wrong). So you may want to backpack that first bulk of the hike and summit in the morning. Try to leave early and summit by 12 pm because when I was researching the hike; that's when the internet said there was a higher probability of lightning.
Good luck if you end up doing it! The view is unbelievable.
>>380762I'm marginally scared of heights, so yes it is pants shittingly terrifying. I'd probably say the incline is around 60-70 degrees, probably closer to 70. But it's not straight down. Still, yes, if you lose your footing, you're sliding down uninhibited for about 1,000 feet. Great adrenaline stuff for a measly Colorado 14er.
