Sorry for the late update! Since the Sangres seem to be the safest place to play right now I figured better late than never. On Dec 21 I hiked in and set up camp at a bench near a big boulder around 11,200'. There was a creek with running water nearby which saved a lot of snow melting! The was some fresh tree fall getting up to that point but overall easy travel, used snowshoes the last 1,000 vert before camp. The red gully was super dry and safe with some hard packed snow. I also summitted Northeast Crestone and East Crestone. Both dry and straight forward. The downclimb to approach NE Crestone was easy class 4 probably. NE Crestone felt straightforward and with routefinding was able to keep it at class 4ish as well, maybe a hint of 5th but its hard to say with heinous wind lol Hope this is helpful for someone! Pics will be added once I figure out how to do that.
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