Granite Mountain

Beautiful late afternoon hike up to the summit of Granite Mountain, as I didn't get started until after 2pm. The trail became all snow at around 4000ft, so I put on microspikes as I was slipping a lit...

When you cross the I-90, Granite Mountain looks so bare of snow that you wonder if there is any snow at all on the trail, but there is actually quite a bit of snow coverage on the actual summer route....

Beautiful morning up on Granite Mountain. It was fairly warm for an early February Morning, but it did get a bit chilly up near the summit as there was a cold breeze. It's still winter, so good to bri...

Hiked Granite Mountain on 1/17/26. Snow starts around the avalanche chute area (no concerns for avalanche risk). Packed boot path most of the way to the lookout, but postholed a couple of times. Looko...

Granite mountain's avalanche chute makes the summer trail dangerous in the winter. I followed it today because the avalanche conditions are negligible.Below the tree line there is intermittent snow, m...

Arrived about 8:30 to a parking lot that was about 1/3 full. There was a little snow and ice on the road from the recent storms, but it had thawed and partially melted when I left about 1:30.Trail was...

It was a beautiful day for Granite Mtn! Arrived at 8:30am, plenty of spots available even for a holiday. The lower mile through the forest was snow free, wet, and occasionally icy. The trail on the op...

Snow and some hard pack/ice start almost immediately but my son and I did t feel we needed microspikes until almost halfway up. The chutes didn’t have a lot of snow but there was some pinwheels below ...

Granite was a bit challenging today.Road from highway to the TH is icy, be careful and use caution. Snow starts almost from the TH. Trail packed very well and sometimes slippery, I would recommend to ...

I chose this so I could get a thread started.From here in Mexico I am looking at the news reports of the devastation in my home state of Washington. And I’m selfishly thinking about what all this mean...