Front Range (CO)Dead Dog Couloir Climber's Log
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| Fletch | w/ Golden  Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2011 | |
| Nice day out... | |
| Posted Dec 28, 2012 2:51 pm | ||
| gremlin | Nice new snow Date Climbed: Apr 21, 2012 | |
| Couple feet of new snow the weekend before was heavy, but very nice to ski. Wasn't acclimated, so missed the top hundred feet. | |
| Posted May 21, 2012 5:51 pm | ||
| rockrat2 | Dead Dog to Kelso crux Date Climbed: Apr 14, 2012 | |
| Decent snow conditions early but rapidly turned to slush, so towards the top we ended up feeling safer scrambling up to the Kelso Ridge just before the crux to finish off to the summit. In hindsight, not sure the scramble to the ridge was any safer than continuing the last bit on crappy snow. Fun route in better snow conditions. | |
| Posted Apr 15, 2012 3:45 pm | ||
| alpine345 | perro muerto Date Climbed: Sep 17, 1987 | |
| Simul-soloed with by buddy Dennis to get in the mood for ice climbing...fat conditions that year, as the couloir was full wall to wall, top to bottom. | |
| Posted Jan 12, 2012 12:54 pm | ||
| Ted Eliason | Terrific Ski Line Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2010 | |
| Would repeat this route several times for the ski descent. | |
| Posted Jun 18, 2011 6:35 pm | ||
| BLong | Dead Dog Climb Date Climbed: Jun 4, 2011 | |
| Our group of three had a great climb up Dead Dog Coulior. We camped in the basin between Grays and Torreys in order to enter the coulior early. The climb was basically a snow staircase at this time in the year. There were 4 other parties in the coulior on this day, one of whom began climbing at 11:00. We skied from the saddle between Grays and Torreys back to the tent; 1,200 excellent vertical feet of buttery snow. | |
| Posted Jun 4, 2011 9:48 pm | ||
| rleclair | The Dog Date Climbed: May 31, 2010 | |
| Our group of 4 was behind jmartersteck on the Memorial Day Dead Dog Couloir as well. Great conditions in the early AM and solid snow all the way to the top. We started our ascent at 6:50 AM and were on summit at 8:20 AM. Enjoyed the stellar views as well as watching a lot of folks coming up the standard route. We too descended to the saddle between Grays/Torrey's and enjoyed the glissade back to the trail. And we had a delay free trip down I-70 to Denver! | |
| Posted May 31, 2010 4:51 pm | ||
| jmartersteck | Memorial Day 2010 Date Climbed: May 31, 2010 | |
| Perfect day! Left Arvada at 3:30am; temps were mid-upper 30s, but clear skies allowed long-wave radiation to cool off the snowpack, with water on the trail frozen, and the snow stayed firm early in the day (never needed snowshoes). Reached the base of the couloir about 6:30; it was in great shape with the early sun having softened an inch or so on the surface. Summited 7:40. My ankle, which is recovering from a severe sprain a few weeks ago, very much appreciated the steps that were still usable on the top part of the couloir (where it steepens)-- I guess thanks to Larry and the 30 others yesterday! Wow, I was by myself and saw only say three other climbers on The Dog all morning -- what a difference a day makes! | ||
| Posted May 31, 2010 3:53 pm | ||
| Larry V | peak climbing season Date Climbed: May 30, 2009 | |
| I counted around 30 people in the Dead Dog Couloir during the morning. Some were training for Mt Rainier, not climbing Torreys. We left Golden around 3 am and were on the trail before the stars disappeared. Temperature was around freezing and the snow was soft in places. We reached the base of the couloir about 5:50, summited at 7:40 -- we took our time but were still one of the fastest parties that day. Almost constant, tiny rockfall until we reached the upper 500' of the couloir. Spent quite awhile on the summit, then descended to the saddle and slid down about 1400’ in 10 minutes or so. We lost the trail on the way back to the trailhead, and spent a lot of time thrashing through the willows and postholing through deep snow. :-( No snowshoes. | |
| Posted Jun 28, 2009 11:37 pm | ||
| noahs213 | The Classic Snow climb Date Climbed: May 29, 2009 | |
| A very amazing climb. A little strenuos but otherwise amazing! | |
| Posted May 29, 2009 8:22 pm | ||
| benners | Blizzard Date Climbed: May 8, 2008 | |
| Summited Torreys via the Dead Dog in a full blizzard with a snowboard strapped to my back, very physically demanding but otherwise a great snow climb. | |
| Posted Dec 9, 2008 8:51 pm | ||
| rkymtn | Another Fun Couloir Date Climbed: Jun 2, 2007 | |
| This was the second attempt with Haliku. The first try was thwarted off by stupidity mixed with poor road conditions (high centered the truck in snow). This trip was much better and the day was beautiful. There was a bit of rock fall, which provided some additional entertainment on the way up. | |
| Posted Sep 25, 2008 12:28 pm | ||
| MikeyB | The Dead Dog Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2008 | |
| Fun climb and an excellent long glissade after hitting Grays. | |
| Posted Aug 20, 2008 11:14 pm | ||
| Pete Castricone | Easy Climb Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2008 | |
| Nice line and easier than expected with a long, fast glissade. Meeting and climbing with other SP members made it worthwhile. | |
| Posted Jul 13, 2008 9:37 am | ||
| astrobassman | First Solo Couloir Climb Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2008 | |
| I had Torreys all to myself. A quick day...Torreys and Grays in less than 5 hours, but still a good time. Dead Dog was a lot less steep than I thought it would be. Felt like 35 degrees most of the time, then 45 degrees in a few spots. | |
| Posted Jun 30, 2008 11:54 am | ||
| Niederbayer | Dead Dog Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2008 | |
| slept at the couloir base - started climbing at 5 am - had the whole couloir for myself | |
| Posted Jun 20, 2008 5:04 pm | ||
| heather14 | First Solo Couloir Climb Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2008 | |
| It's a great climb, couldn't have asked for better conditions. I'm going to echo Skasgaard & Gareth, I was expecting it to be a little steeper also. | |
| Posted Jun 15, 2008 8:37 pm | ||
| km_donovan | Gread Day Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2008 | |
| I had so much fun I may have to go back before it is out. | |
| Posted Jun 11, 2008 2:45 pm | ||
| Eric Holle | Perrito Muerto Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2008 | |
| Nice climb, lots of people on the mountain. Still a great training ascent. Climbed with Tim and Mike. | |
| Posted Jun 11, 2008 2:15 pm | ||
| Kiefer Thomas | A tame doggie Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2008 | |
| I'd have to agree with Gareth. It was a cool asthetic line but I expected steeper. | |
| Posted Jun 9, 2008 1:25 pm | ||
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