Grays Peak (Idaho) Climber's Log
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| idpeakgirl | West Ridge & Loop hike  Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2012 | |
| Straightforward hike up west ridge. Great views of Cobb/Old Hyndman area from midway up and to summit. Gray's has a stunning, photogenic upper ridgeline. Descended SW, near point 8975 and caught a trail that continued on to points 9047 and 8923 before dropping into upper Timber Draw; lots of avy debris through here, making it a fun obstacle course, with lush greenery and rushing water exiting good sized snow piles. Stinging nettle spotted only in lower reaches of TD, and not tall/thick enough yet to cause concern. Great training hike! | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2012 8:30 pm | ||
| mfox79 | Fun Hike Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2012 | |
| Was a fun day in Fedral Gulch. the views of the pioneer range are some of the best from the summit | |
| Posted Jul 22, 2012 10:44 pm | ||
| mtybumpo | Last minute Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2012 | |
| Tagged it last minute while in the area. Great View! | |
| Posted Jul 22, 2012 12:29 am | ||
| boisedoc | good spring climb Date Climbed: Apr 15, 2012 | |
| fun early season climb with splattski. I little snow on the ridge for cramponing but very straightforward. | |
| Posted May 19, 2012 6:35 pm | ||
| Mlasky | Solo #2 Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2011 | |
| My second solo outing. Everyone was busy...I hated not having anyone to share it with. Perfect climbing conditions, quiet day...not a soul around. Took the west ridge ascent from the parking lot, and on the descent scrambled down to catch the Federal Gulch trail back to the trailhead. | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2011 8:36 pm | ||
| DrGranola | Very fun. Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2010 | |
| Went up the west ridge which was very fun with little scrambles here and there. Surprisingly, the footing was really good, which made for good time. Went down the Federal Gulch trail with no stinging needle noted... | |
| Posted Jul 9, 2010 9:05 pm | ||
| nickkarl | Clear And Beautiful Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2010 | |
| Hiked from the trail out of Federal Gulch once to the saddle made my way up the ridge to the summit. Fast hike RT 6hrs 8miles, great class 2 hike one of the best views I've ever seen! | |
| Posted Jun 27, 2010 8:59 pm | ||
| nickkarl | Clear And Beautiful Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2010 | |
| Hiked from the trail out of Federal Gulch once to the saddle made my way up the ridge to the summit. Fast hike RT 6hrs 8miles, great class 2 hike one of the best views I've ever seen! | |
| Posted Jun 27, 2010 8:59 pm | ||
| toddschwarz | West ridge Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2009 | |
| Perfect day heading up the west ridge from the camp ground. Thanks to all for the warning about the brush and nettle at the lower trail. That sucked came down that way. But all else was spectacular. Saw a bull elk scrambling across the scree just below the summit. Quite a ruckus. | |
| Posted Jul 27, 2009 8:37 pm | ||
| splattski | South Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 14, 2008 | |
| Did the climb up the trail from Federal Gulch. Easy drive in. Tall brush up the creek, including stinging nettle. Nice, windless day, with temp in the 70s and no wind- we had a smorgasbord lunch on top for over an hour in shirtsleeves. Sweet! H B-day to me. | |
| Posted Sep 14, 2008 8:47 pm | ||
| hgrapid | Hard route Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2006 | |
| Climbed a new route, I call Gully#2 (will be up soon). This was a tricky climb once I got off the trail. Lots of loose scree. The view at the summit was INCREDIBLE! | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2006 3:56 pm | ||
| Scrambling Man | Federal Gulch to West Ridge Date Climbed: Jun 5, 2004 | |
| Enjoyable climb. Cool June day. Great views of the Pioneers. | |
| Posted Feb 14, 2006 3:02 am | ||
| sadicoff | Route Climbed: Federal Gulch up/West Ridge down Date Climbed: September 20, 2005 | |
| Enjoyed a beautiful fall day with my dog Jessie. Found a geocache at the summit. Kept hearing what I thought was bugling, but didn't quite sound right. Then I saw below me a white animal, thought maybe it was a wayward cow from the valley. As I descended the ridgeline, I came upon a goat. We were both startled. I'm not sure what a domestic goat was doing way up here. Also came upon a moose further down in the trees on the west ridge. | |
| Posted Sep 21, 2005 2:57 pm | ||
| ker b | Route Climbed: federal gulch/west ridge Date Climbed: aug 9, 2005 | |
| lower half of trail is extremely overgrown with weeds/flowers and unfortunatly stinging nettle. we had shorts on and it did not feel good. nice weather on the way up and then the clouds started forming pretty bad on the way down with lightning over the main portion of the pioneers, we escaped and even had more sunshine once back in the lower portion of federal gulch. took about 5.5 hours total. this has been a wet summer and the weeds/flower still green this late in the season. almost thought it was june... ker-b | ||
| Posted Aug 10, 2005 12:32 pm | ||
| IdahoSummits | Route Climbed: West Ridge Direct Date Climbed: April 17, 2004 | |
| Climbed on a snowy day with kpdonaldson. Finally saw the peak when I climbed a nearby peak a few months later :-) | |
| Posted Feb 19, 2005 2:51 pm | ||
| kdonaldson | Route Climbed: West Ridge Direct Date Climbed: April 17, 2004 | |
| Climbed through falling snow and low visibility to summit with bigdan. We headed directly up the west ridge instead of travelling up Federal Gulch. | |
| Posted Nov 12, 2004 12:40 am | ||
| IdahoKid | Route Climbed: Standard Route From Saddle Date Climbed: June11th/04 | |
| A great mountain for scoping out more difficult Pioneer ascents... The wind on this day was blowing so hard on the ridge I could barely walk up. I estimated the wind chill factor in the single digits (in June)... Yikes! | |
| Posted Nov 11, 2004 11:43 pm | ||
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