Pacific Crest Trail: Harts Pass to Rainy Pass

The elevation gain and descent are, I think, actually easier than shown from the Google Earth profile here. My count, using the Green Trails Washington Pass Map #50, shows about 3600' of gain and about 5500' of descent. There are few climbs, and few of them are very stiff. The grades are excellent, nothing too steep. The trail condition is quite good. A few areas are overgrown with grass and flowers(!) and only the final section, from !Cutthroat Pass down to Rainy Pass, is rooty and boney, because it is the most heavily traveled by runners and hikers. We camped at the Meadows Campground near Harts Pass and started from near there, shaving a couple miles off the hike. We encountered snow in one area between Tatie Peak and Glacier Pass, but only about 50 feet of it. No problem.