Snow Still on Alpine Loop

On my way to work on Tuesday, I took a detour on my road bike up AF canyon and up the Alpine Loop road. I was hoping that I could at least make it to the summit and if I were really lucky, maybe descend down the other side into Provo Canyon and into Orem. This plan I thought would be much more exciting than turning around at Pine Hollow and doing an "out-n-back." Unfortunately I ran into this and had to turn around. I took this picture just before the turnoff for Timpooneke. I'm hoping that with the warm weather forecast that I'll be able to pass through next week when I try again. The road is still closed to cars (but not for long), so sooner the better.