First of all Mineral King is a hard place to get up to.  The approach road is about 25 miles long, but mostly single lane with plenty of sections with a fatal fall on the downhill side and a rock face on the uphill side.  So it'll take at least an hour, a nerve wracking, puckering hour of driving to arrive.  Once you're there most of the cars are wrapped in tarps from tire to roof to protect them from marmots.  With the bad news out of the way we can get to the good stuff.