Medications can boost or lower HDL. HDL levels are sometimes improved by drugs used to lower LDL and triglyceride levels â such as prescription niacin; fibrates such as gemfibrozil (Lopid); and certain statins, particularly simvastatin (Zocor) and rosuvastatin (Crestor).
Similar scenery is found in several more remote sites nearby, and for hikers, the best place is the 9,799 acre Granite Mountain Wilderness, northwest of Prescott; here a pristine area of chaparral, rocky hills and pinyon-juniper pine woodland is crossed by several trails, all centered on 7,626 foot Granite Mountain.
Bill Geist, Erik Shores and I. Granite Peak is Montana's highest point at 12,799 feet. The standard and easiest route, the East Ridge, requires class 4+ to low class 5 climbing. For this reason, Granite Peak is considered one of the more difficult US state highpoints.