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| dclimb14me | Loads of Fun  | |
| Climbed several times, skied slopes below saddle, always fantastic. Last route was from Peru Creek | |
| Posted Apr 26, 2010 12:27 am | ||
| theREALCarpeDM | Grey Centauri's Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2007 | |
| Or Grays and Torreys - whichever you prefer. Tagged this a couple of times; this was the most recent. | |
| Posted Apr 8, 2010 5:47 pm | ||
| utclimber | First 14er | |
| This was my first 14er, which I hiked in 1994. After summitting Grays, I continued on to Torreys Peak. I returned for another ascent a few years later. | ||
| Posted Mar 28, 2010 4:05 pm | ||
| micahlynn25 | good times Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2008 | |
| climbed it with my dad...his first 14er..beautiful day.. | |
| Posted Feb 16, 2010 6:39 pm | ||
| Alika | 2nd 14er Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2009 | |
| From Torreys via Kelso. 2nd 14er ever, after Torreys, loaded with people, took about 20 minutes from Torreys over | |
| Posted Jan 23, 2010 1:48 am | ||
| chicagotransplant | Grays and Torreys Date Climbed: Jan 9, 2010 | |
| Winter ascent of the pair, started at the bottom of the road, but surprisingly it was still drivable for about 2 1/2 miles. The trail is well packed down and snow shoes are not necessary. Yak-trax or mini-spikes may be helpful in a few hardpacked spots, but I didn't use them. Upper part of Grays is pretty dry, skis would be basically worthless. | |
| Posted Jan 11, 2010 2:44 pm | ||
| SenadR | good one | |
| Summited Torreys and Grays in good time. | |
| Posted Nov 23, 2009 11:56 pm | ||
| stamina | Grays/Torreys-Got Both Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2003 | |
| Made the summit of Torreys and began down the South Face to the cleavage. But did make a pause to look around as we were leaving the summit. I was amazed at looking down how Kelso Mountain looks like it was chopped in half with the North Face missing. And looking way down at the trail we had climbed up, and to the South at the Remarkables. I highly recommend taking a pause on any climb, so you can take it, wrap it, and keep into your memory. Continued down to the cleavage and picked the cairns up the North Face of Grays. Daniel, one of my team and best friends, was really hurting from altitude sickness but churned thru to the summit. Made the summit at 1200 hrs. Weather from your typical CO 14'er storms was rolling in so it was not time to leap in joy of our achievements. While trying to ralley our team from the summit, I found our teamate Den just looking off the South side of the summit. He was in his own pause, looking around as if he were a little kid. But it was time to go. Left the summit at 1230 hrs (way too late for 14'ers) and down the zigzag trail of the East Face. Ran into a lone girl climber on the descent at about 13,000 ft with just a t-shirt/fanny pack and no gear. And the weather was getting worse up high and getting low. Really tried to change her direction but she would not have it. Very upsetting. Got back to the trailhead/car at 1500 hrs with both mountains buried up high with storms. But still wonder to this day about that lone girl climber. Why? | |
| Posted Oct 25, 2009 10:23 pm | ||
| odysseus | Grays & Torreys Date Climbed: Oct 19, 2009 | |
| Took the opportunity to climb Grays and Torreys from Stephens Gulch TH during a warm spell lasting past the weekend. Still quite windy and cold on the summits and saddle between the two peaks. Post-holeing through knee-deep drifts at times with a good bit of snow and ice present on the final pitches. A blast! | |
| Posted Oct 22, 2009 2:34 pm | ||
| mattpayne11 | Via argentine pass trail Date Climbed: Sep 12, 2009 | |
| Only one on the trail - a rarity for Grays! | |
| Posted Oct 19, 2009 12:53 am | ||
| Smithman123 | Bachelor Hike Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2009 | |
| Summitted Grays after Torreys on a day hike as part of my friends bachelor party. The road was too rough for our car, but we hiked from the road just below the first major washout. | |
| Posted Oct 18, 2009 3:54 pm | ||
| metal4lyf | Nice day Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2009 | |
| Crossed from Torreys. Fast & fun combo! | |
| Posted Sep 20, 2009 11:18 pm | ||
| scvanm | #19 Date Climbed: Sep 19, 2009 | |
| Great day, great hike. My 11 year old accomplished #2. For Grays and Torreys it took a relaxed 7 1/2 hrs...willows turning and aspen turning. It was great. | |
| Posted Sep 20, 2009 5:47 pm | ||
| seano | standard route Date Climbed: Sep 18, 2009 | |
| Probably could have driven, but hiked up from the interstate to make it a fair fight. There should be a law against summit cell phone use. | |
| Posted Sep 20, 2009 11:57 am | ||
| colinpence | Grays (twice) and Torreys | |
| I've climbed Grays Peak several times, usually in combination with Torreys. Although Grays is a very popular and busy mountain, it is still enjoyable and recommended. | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2009 10:55 pm | ||
| pyerger | from torrys | |
| Kelso ridge,up torrys, then over to grays. NICE DAY! | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2009 12:35 pm | ||
| Ken Dammen | Grays Peak Trail Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2009 | |
| I climbed this one solo. Nice day strait forward easy trail. Rough drive up from I-70 on the dirt road. Followed up by summiting Torreys via the saddle. Again easy and straigt forward. | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2009 11:55 am | ||
| gimpilator | Grays and Torreys Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2009 | |
| The approach road was a real challenge for my motorcycle. I only made it up half way and then hitchhiked the rest. Spent the night just above the tree line in Stevens Gulch. Moments after I got into my tent, there was a major hail storm. The next morning I did Torreys first and then Grays. See my Trip Report about doing seven 14ers in eight days. | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2009 12:18 am | ||
| JustinShapiro | combined with Torreys Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2009 | |
| awesome day. also did Torreys. | |
| Posted Sep 12, 2009 10:23 pm | ||
| McCannster | from Torreys... Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2009 | |
| Made it from Torreys to Grays in about 25 minutes. There was A LOT of people at Grays, and even more making their way up to the summit. Good views. Down to the car in about an hour or so. | |
| Posted Aug 29, 2009 3:57 pm | ||
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