My friends have been up there, they found epic avy conditions. I'm not sure if that was on Granite or Tempest just getting started across the saddle. A couple of my friends and I are interested in Granite as well perhaps the week before chrismas. As for what it looks like, hell frozen over might be fitting - but I like to think of it as a winter wonderland
send me a message if your serious about going & looking for parners. If not, take goggles and a neoprene facemask... the wind blows half inch pebbles around. I pray you find a pleasant high pressure system, 3 of 4 of my winter trips up around the plateau have been bordering on nuts.
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