Granite Mountain - Winter — Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024

This is one of my favorite hikes in the i90 corridor, and have always wanted to do the winter route, but… timing never worked out with respect to the avvy conditions. Today the planets aligned! Trail is snow free up to about 4,000 feet. Good boot trail once in the open area all the way up the ridge to the summit. Snow is completely consolidated, crampons or microspikes are recommended. Snow was a little soft about 100 vertical from the peak, but other than that no issues with postholing at all. Wind was mild, and ok visibility, but… no views due to the cloud layer. All in all, a great day!.