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Originally Posted by Birddog
Given the amount of snow that has hit the SW that may not be the case this year. The mountains were bare last week and I believe they still are.
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It has been an exceptionally dry and warm winter throughout the SW so far.
At those elevations though, you are at risk of a big storm anytime between October and April. I remember a few years where crappy early ski seasons turned awesome about mid-February, and a backpacking trip in Grand Staircase -Escalante that got cut short in March some year in the mid-00s. Just don't want the OP to lock himself in to the N. Rim (which is truly amazing, BTW) without knowing all the risks.