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| RyanS | Route Climbed: Kelso Ridge Date Climbed: July 12, 2003  | |
| Third straight July that I've summitted Torreys (maybe I should start a tradition?). This time, I led Erin up Kelso Ridge, and we took the more difficult variations when we felt comfortable. We downclimbed Kelso Ridge and capped our day by summitting Kelso Mountain. A trip report is available here. | |
| Posted Apr 8, 2004 1:37 pm | ||
| RyanS | Route Climbed: Kelso Ridge Date Climbed: July 9, 2002 | |
| I soloed Kelso Ridge, taking the easiest route possible (which is looser and less fun than staying more on the crest), except for the fourth-class dihedral before the knife-edge, which I did climb. Was surprised by the ease with which I crossed the knife-edge -- in fact, I found it harder a year later! I descended Torreys' standard route. A trip report is available here. | |
| Posted Apr 8, 2004 1:11 pm | ||
| RyanS | Route Climbed: Grays & Torreys from Horseshoe Basin Date Climbed: July 22, 2001 | |
| Reached my 2nd 14er of the day after much prodding from Erin. | |
| Posted Apr 8, 2004 1:09 pm | ||
| Chris | Route Climbed: Saddle from Grays, descended Chihuahua Gulch Date Climbed: July 2003 | |
| Great climb. Crowded summit on a perfect summer day! No one else came up from the Peru Creek / Chiuahua Gulch side though, so good option to avoid the crowds and add a little more distance to the climb. | |
| Posted Mar 22, 2004 10:06 pm | ||
| carloselbrus | Route Climbed: South Slopes Date Climbed: Sept. 15, 1999 | |
| with Max. | |
| Posted Mar 2, 2004 11:06 am | ||
| edlins | Route Climbed: Kelso Ridge Date Climbed: February 15, 2004 | |
| What a winter climb! Only my fourth fourteener, but what a way to do it! | |
| Posted Feb 22, 2004 3:38 pm | ||
| gemgoddis | Route Climbed: From Gray's Saddle Date Climbed: May 2002 | |
| This was my third 14er and my first experience with altitude sickness. Torreys seemed much steeper than Grays (or was that my body trying to tell me something). About halfway up Torreys I became disoriented and lightheaded. Not to mention the pounding in my head. After a couple of aspirin, some water and a snack I was feeling better. I pushed myself (while my friend pulled) towards the summit. After about an hour we made it!! I was still feeling kinda funny so we didn't stay long. After descending back down to the saddle I felt much better but was still exhaused. We decided to traverse accross the snowfield on Grays back to the switchbacks. Even though it was well traveled, it was still pretty steep and one wrong step would send you hundreds of feet down to the bottom. I was scared to death!! We made it safely accross to the switchbacks. It was pretty late by then so we had the rest of the trail all to ourselves. We got back to our car at 7pm if you can believe it! What a great day! | |
| Posted Feb 2, 2004 1:51 pm | ||
| pcorridon | Route Climbed: Dead Dog couloir Date Climbed: July 9, 2003 | |
| Excellent conditions climbing up couloir until we reached the loose scramble up the final steps of Kelso Ridge. Breezy and cool on top, which we had to ourselves. | |
| Posted Jan 16, 2004 10:33 am | ||
| hhsilleck | Route Climbed: Kelso Ridge, also from Grays Date Climbed: June 2001 | |
| Climbed 3 times. Kelso ridge is fun - stay on the knife edge rather than heading onto the face ... rockfall is pretty bad. | |
| Posted Jan 10, 2004 6:47 pm | ||
| Sock Monkey | Route Climbed: Stevens Gulch Date Climbed: August 4, 2003 | |
| Beautiful day on a nice mountain | |
| Posted Dec 28, 2003 6:05 pm | ||
| summiteer16 | Route Climbed: via Gray's Ridge Date Climbed: 8-4-99 | |
| nice climb, easy, and fun. from the summit, we were above the clouds and we were dry. the rest of our group was below, and were getting poured on. | |
| Posted Dec 13, 2003 8:24 pm | ||
| bdewoody | Route Climbed: Steven's Gulch Date Climbed: September 1999 | |
| Might as well do Gray's too. | |
| Posted Dec 3, 2003 6:25 pm | ||
| Erik Beeler | Date Climbed: August 2002 | |
| Did the summit twice. I went up and forgot to get some rocks for friends who had asked for them so I went back up the last 150 twice. | |
| Posted Nov 24, 2003 2:08 pm | ||
| Haliku | Route Climbed: Stephen' Gulch Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2003 | |
| Dad and I took the saddle from Gray's. I know some people go back to the trailhead. Well each to their own. We enjoyed a beautiful August morning. We were one of the first 5 to summit that morning due to our headlamp assisted start. A fun day. | |
| Posted Nov 17, 2003 9:57 pm | ||
| jeffgun | Route Climbed: Stevens Gulch Date Climbed: Twice, can't remember the dates | |
| Got it twice along with Gray's. First with my father and the second time with some friends. | |
| Posted Nov 15, 2003 1:33 pm | ||
| belexes | Route Climbed: Stevens Gulch Date Climbed: July 28,2003 | |
| I did Grays first, then headed over to Torreys. There were quite a few hikers on the trail on this day. | |
| Posted Oct 16, 2003 9:39 pm | ||
| Andesite | Route Climbed: Stevens Gulch Date Climbed: October 12, 2003 | |
| Wind blew me to the ground on connecting saddle from Greys. A great peak with its cramped summit. Don't look north and down if you don't want to be reminded of how close you are to I-70, other than that great veiw. | ||
| Posted Oct 14, 2003 1:31 pm | ||
| chef007 | Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: 13 October 2003 | |
| Good climb, bad weather, nough said! | |
| Posted Oct 13, 2003 8:31 pm | ||
| IdahoSummits | Route Climbed: Stevens Gulch Date Climbed: August 7, 2003 | |
| Did this one after Grays. Much better views... more pointed peak also. | |
| Posted Oct 12, 2003 11:05 pm | ||
| bernardhohman | Route Climbed: Via Grays and Horsehoe Basin Date Climbed: September 28, 2003 | |
| Sunny and fun. Not really too many people. I thought there would be a lot more. | |
| Posted Sep 28, 2003 9:57 pm | ||
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