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| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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! | |
| 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 | ||
| Foxy Long Bottoms | NW Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2007 | |
| Climbed Kelso Ridge to Torrey's summit. Trail ran back down into the valley to Kelso NW Ridge solo. I made this route as hard as I could. It is possible to make it 4th class. Lots of loose rock. From summit, descended s. slopes. Ran back to car all in about 5 hours. | |
| Posted Jul 5, 2007 4:09 pm | ||
| Eric Holle | Trio of Thirteeners Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2007 | |
| Climbed Kelso with Ben on a great day. We ascended the Goatfinger coulouir on Edwards, went over to McClellan and then all the way over to Kelso to have a nice afternoon nap on the summit. | |
| Posted Jun 25, 2007 8:48 pm | ||
| Mike Mc | From Boulder Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2007 | |
| So, not having a car, and wanting to climb...I rode my bike from Boulder, climbed some unnamed couloir on Kelso's west face (I believe it is the one with the visible stream on the topo), summited Kelso, followed Kelso Ridge to Torreys, traversed to Grays, and glissaded down. Great trip! Although, riding with gear is pretty arduous! | |
| Posted Jun 14, 2007 5:06 pm | ||
| Alpinist | South Ridge Date Climbed: May 26, 2007 | |
| Flew in from Chicago Friday night and slept at the TH. Parked just past the old saw mill on Saturday morning, snowshoed in and camped below the mine shack. Climbed Kelso Mountain in the afternoon as a warm-up for Torreys Peak. Woke up early and climbed the Dead Dog Couloir on Torreys the following day. The South Ridge is a fun easy hike with great views of Kelso Ridge on Torreys. | |
| Posted May 28, 2007 9:55 am | ||
| Dan Dalton | Ooops Date Climbed: Oct 13, 2006 | |
| Made it up Kelso by 7 a.m., thinking it was Gray's! Oh well, stil a great day and a great climb in the new front range snow. | |
| Posted Oct 24, 2006 6:36 pm | ||
| Gahugafuga | Torreys Kelso Saddle Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2006 | |
| Climbed this peak after being turned back from Edwards/McClellan by fog and icy conditions. Probably would have been a nice view if the summit hadn't been in the clouds. | |
| Posted Sep 11, 2006 2:51 pm | ||
| James C | Great Solitude Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2006 | |
| Climbed via the Torrey's/Kelso saddle. The long ridge was a great little hike, I would recommend this hike to anyone wanting a superb view of Torreys with out the crowds! | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2006 2:29 am | ||
| cp0915 | up - Torreys-Kelso saddle; down - east slopes Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2006 | |
| Nice finish after Torreys & Grays. A very tranquil summit. | |
| Posted Aug 19, 2006 4:46 pm | ||
| Ryan Kowalski | Good warm up Date Climbed: Oct 18, 2003 | |
| Good warm up for ol' Kelso Ridge on Torreys, or a good half-day hike close to Denver | |
| Posted May 20, 2006 3:32 am | ||
| altitude14er | South Slopes from Stevens Gulch Trailhead Date Climbed: Jan 22, 2005 | |
| I snowshoed to the Steven Gulch Trailhead from I-70. Once below the south slopes I was able to stash my snowshoes and trudge up to the summit. Although this peak is easy I underestimated it a little bit! The summit provides a unique perspective to Edwards, Grays, Torreys, Parnassus & Bard Peak. As to be expected, it was just me and the mountain on this beutiful January day (not common for weather as warm as I had). | |
| Posted Mar 17, 2006 4:28 pm | ||
| Matt Toensing | matt toensing | |
| Kick ass, sick glisade. Definitly the best. Worth the climb. | |
| Posted Mar 5, 2006 5:10 pm | ||
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