This time, I finished what I tried to do previously.  Eagle mountain from McKinley Hollow.  The day started with some snow on the ground, but trail reports had said no shoes were needed, so they stayed in the car.  Microspikes though, well, they were needed.  As I started to hike in, it started to snow.  Overall, the trail below the stairs is relatively quick and good.  Then you get to a good length of stairs that were a bit slippery with snow.  Thankfully they re-routed the trail not that long ago after the stairs as that's all switchbacks and gentle climb over what was probably some of the worst terrain.  From there to the trail junction was again normal trail, just a little steeper.  Once on the ridge, it was a great walk.  A couple small scrambles on Haynes, but next thing I know I'm on Eagle.  Coming back I run into 2 people that started about an hour after me.  With the light snow we had, they knew I was on the trail from the trail register, but they couldn't see my footprints until most of the way to the trail junction.  I was back down to the car rather early in the day, and home at a reasonable hour.  Great hike to make #20 of the 3500.