Eldorado Peak/Inspiration Glacier

Cascade River Road is now drivable by all vehicles to the Eldorado trailhead, and still gated there.

For the approach, it appears Cascade River must have shifted course over the winter, and so the prior wide log crossing -- the first thing a climber experiences on this climb -- is no longer available. Thankfully, there is now a new gravel bar that one can use a different log to descend to, and then you can re-gain the river crossing at the second big log, which now has more water under it since the river has shifted that way.

Higher up, the boulder field is entirely covered in snow as of April 23, but beware - it is melting quickly and was hazardous to cross mid-day, even with snowshoes, as pockets are developing that can suck in your leg, or worse.  Furthermore, we witnessed multiple loose-wet avalanches occur, triggered by very small point releases coming off the cliffs above, two of which likely would have been fatal had one gotten caught and carried all the way down into the terrain-trap gully below.  Try to cross the boulder field before the sun hits it if you can, and then beware any mid to late afternoon return across.

As for the route on the glacier - no crevasses visible.  Route on the knife edge ridge of Eldorado is kicked in, firm, and mellow.