I have a 2.5# H3R Halotron and ABC dry chem in each vehicle. The Halotrons are expensive (almost $160/ea), but are clean agent and don't leave any residue.
We had rain for the majority of Saturday morning/afternoon and into early evening - started becoming more sporadic late afternoon. Evening was dry and into Sunday morning and actually had the sun peak out a bit in the AM. We packed up and rolled out around 1pm just as another storm rolled in...
I'll see if I can convince the family to head out on Saturday morning. We just returned from a 10 day trip to Yellowstone, so they might want to take it easy for another weekend. The 2016 Trail worked out well - had a Front Runner roof rack, Dobinsons drawers, Rago side panels, and a Snomaster...
I was using a MSR Dragonfly for the longest time - I don't eat fancy in the field, so for me boiling water for Mountain House was the main use. My wife likes to cook, but didn't really like it for cooking. We recently bought a Partner 22" two-burner stove. I don't think there is anything else...
I think you'd be good up to camp spot 3 - past that there becomes some tighter turns and uphills. When we camped up there over Labor Day we saw quite a few campers scattered about - some I was like how did they get back there....
First two are from Google Earth, last one is from a USFS 7.5 minute map. The pins are places I have plotted before on GE and not related to the trip - other than the turn around area. Last image is the nice meadow we stopped for lunch.