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| Kiefer Thomas | East slopes  Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2011 | |
| Took my sister and a co-worker up this. My sister who isn't an 'outdoor enthusiast' was laughingly scared. Took the east ridge down. Good views. | |
| Posted May 9, 2013 3:48 pm | ||
| nickkarl | Stephens Gulch TH Date Climbed: Nov 3, 2012 | |
| Hiked with Craig from Stephens Gulch TH. Steep depending on the route, cold and windy but a beautiful day. | |
| Posted Nov 3, 2012 4:45 pm | ||
| MattK | Trifecta Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2012 | |
| The wife and I went up Kelso Ridge to Torreys, then on to Grays, and finished up with an ascent of Kelso. Goodness it was nice to have the seclusion of Kelso's summit. | |
| Posted Sep 10, 2012 8:37 am | ||
| theREALCarpeDM | Kelso Ridge + Mtn Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2012 | |
| Went up Kelso Ridge for Natalie's celebration. Then Valerie and I followed the standard route back to the start of Kelso Ridge, turned 180 degrees and climbed the ridge to Kelso Mtn. First ~300 feet are fun, easy scrambling, then it becomes mainly tundra. | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2012 2:13 am | ||
| Boriss Andean | Nice scramble and hike Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2012 | |
| Hiked and scrambled from Stevens Gulch TH. Nice views of Torreys and Grays Peaks! | |
| Posted Jul 17, 2012 2:55 am | ||
| Sarah Simon | South Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2012 | |
| Stuck fairly true to the ridge for good scrambling - who the heck wants to opt for side-stepping in scree? :-). Weather held nicely. Only one other party on the mountain. | |
| Posted Jul 15, 2012 5:04 pm | ||
| SenadR | Solitude Date Climbed: Mar 11, 2012 | |
| Nice solo hike, short but nice. | |
| Posted Mar 11, 2012 7:28 pm | ||
| thatnissanguy | Winter's a comin! Maybe? Hopefully soon? Date Climbed: Jan 7, 2011 | |
| Supposedly this was a coveted "winter" ascent. Less snow now than there was in November! Weather moved in at the trailhead. Climbed, summited, and descended in a white out. | |
| Posted Jan 7, 2012 7:40 pm | ||
| metalmountain | Combo woth Torrey's Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2011 | |
| Snagged this lovely peak on the way to Torrey's via Kelso Ridge. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2011 12:18 am | ||
| chicagotransplant | Winter Date Climbed: Feb 13, 2011 | |
| Great winter climb, Torreys Peak looks great in winter from this viewpoint! Although a warm and sunny day, the winds were just ripping and blowing snow all around. | |
| Posted Feb 14, 2011 10:39 am | ||
| shanahan96 | 2010 snow season Date Climbed: Nov 20, 2010 | |
| started preping for winter 2010-11 with a climb up kelso w/jim. an interesting day, one we'll never forget. jamie | |
| Posted Dec 1, 2010 8:42 pm | ||
| shknbke | South ridge Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2009 | |
| Made a big loop on a bluebird day by going up the south ridge of Kelso, across Kelso Ridge to Torreys, over to Grays, down the south ridge of Grays to Ruby. Long day but avoided the huge masses of people on the trail. Some fun scrambling on the lower portion of the south ridge of Kelso. Don't skirt the buttress on the Grizzly Gulch side. Too loose! | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2009 9:29 pm | ||
| Brian Kalet | South Ridge Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2009 | |
| Trip Report | |
| Posted Jun 26, 2009 2:22 pm | ||
| SarahThompson | Finally ticked this one off Date Climbed: May 14, 2009 | |
| 5/14/09 - Parked around 10,700 ft on the Stevens Gulch Road and utilized the avy chute on the north side of the mountain. Very efficient route in the spring - 2400 ft in 1 mile! 3/14/12 - Loop over Ganley, McClellan, Edwards & Kelso from Bakerville. | |
| Posted May 14, 2009 10:19 pm | ||
| kavak | South Slopes Route Date Climbed: Jul 17, 1988 | |
| Climbed this with my 7 year old son and a climbing partner Larry. Larry wanted more and climbed the Kelso Ridge to Torreys. | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2008 10:27 am | ||
| peakrat76 | Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 30, 1973 | |
| Lacking guidebooks, or anything else, thought we were on Grays/Torreys. Oops! Returned the following weekend to climb the "right peaks!" Anyway - we got a summit! | |
| Posted Apr 26, 2008 9:36 pm | ||
| MountainHikerCO | Met MountainHikerette Date Climbed: Oct 1, 1995 | |
| It was on this hike I met MountainHikerette. She had just moved to Colorado and already knew she wanted to climb all the fourteeners. She was on her way up Grays via Stevens Gulch. A friend & I were doing Kelso. We exchanged information. I had already climbed all the fourteeners. I got to do all of them again! We returned to Kelso on 8-26-01. On 6-30-07 we climbed Kelso again as part of the Dexter search party. http://www.14ers.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=7091 | |
| Posted Mar 12, 2008 10:32 pm | ||
| MattGreene | Running the Gauntlet | |
| I checked local avalanche forecasts to be sure the danger was low before climbing Kelso. Halfway up, I heard a loud "thunk" as the top snow layer collapsed under my weight. Luckily, there was no sliding. The "thunk" was loud enough to scare the @#$% out of me, though. I continued on to the summit, then slid on my butt down the whole slope. Kelso has an awesome no-worry run-out. | ||
| Posted Dec 1, 2007 8:56 pm | ||
| slowbutsteady | Climbed by accident? Date Climbed: Aug 20, 1996 | |
| Summiting Kelso just happened! I was only trying to get up high above the Stevens Gulch trail to get a better view of the trail to Grays, not knowing that a named summit was above. Boy was I surprised! Sign-in register and everything. | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2007 4:47 pm | ||
| mdavenport2 | Evening Climb Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2007 | |
| Nice climb on night of full moon. | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2007 12:54 pm | ||
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