Gray Wolf Mountain Climber's Log

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Niederbayer

Niederbayer - Nov 18, 2023 3:32 am Date Climbed: Nov 16, 2023

Guanella Pass  Sucess!

stroll from Spalding -

BKiser90

BKiser90 - Aug 20, 2023 2:26 pm Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2023

AWOOOOOOOOOOO! Gray Wolf Mountain.  Sucess!

Up from South Chicago TH. Great trail and easy bushwhack to a easy tundra walk to summit. Great views of the Evans Massif, South Park, and the heart of the Front Range.

Kiefer

Kiefer - Apr 27, 2020 7:12 am Date Climbed: Apr 25, 2020

Via Point 12,959  Sucess!

Super windy, blustery and cloudy morning atop Point 12,959. Cleared up by the time we reached Gray Wolf Mountain. Views of Bierstadt and Sawtooth are amazing from this vantage. Nothing difficult. Super mellow tundra slopes. Although the willows down below were 'delightful.' Great snow conditions!!!! Skis would have been great to have.
Hiked with Rose Angry.

belexes

belexes - Jul 1, 2017 6:17 pm Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2017

From Spalding  Sucess!

Climbed up Gray Wolf from Spalding after summiting Evans. There's some mushy terrain on the saddle from Spalding, but nothing terrible. There was no one on Gray Wolf today, everyone else stuck to Spalding & Evans. I took a short break on the summit before heading back to Summit Lake.

Treeline12000

Treeline12000 - Aug 13, 2015 7:01 pm Date Climbed: Jan 5, 2009

Gray Wolf Mtn  Sucess!

Got the summit on the 2nd try. Started at Echo Lake, awesome area.

BradBartick

BradBartick - May 4, 2014 7:15 pm Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2013

From Chi Lakes th  Sucess!

Nice on a weekday

telemarkdude

telemarkdude - Nov 30, 2013 11:28 pm Date Climbed: Nov 30, 2013

Avoided Willow Nightmare  Sucess!

Started from BM 11096 on Guanella Pass Road and followed the ridge on south side of the drainage to avoid the Guanella Pass willow nightmare.

chicagotransplant

chicagotransplant - Nov 3, 2013 6:03 pm Date Climbed: Nov 3, 2013

Windy Guanella Loop  Sucess!

via Spalding on a windy loop with Evans from Guanella Pass

nickkarl

nickkarl - Jun 28, 2013 11:40 pm Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2013

WIth Spalding  Sucess!

Nice hike from Summit Lake, climbed with Mount Spalding. Climbing partner: Brian

Brian Kalet

Brian Kalet - Oct 1, 2012 11:51 am Date Climbed: Sep 30, 2012

2 Peaks  Sucess!

With 7860.

DerekFreed

DerekFreed - Mar 30, 2012 6:21 pm Date Climbed: Oct 22, 2011

Shuttle Hike  Sucess!

Started at Echo Lake, followed the Chicago Lakes Trail until leaving for the ridge to Gray Wolf. Continued on to UN12959 and Sugarloaf before dropping down to Hells Hole TH. Fun loop!

theREALCarpeDM

theREALCarpeDM - Mar 12, 2012 2:48 pm Date Climbed: Mar 10, 2012

From Naylor Lake TH closure  Sucess!

Clouds came and went making it chilly and warm off and on. The Guanella Pass marsh area was pretty well frozen (especially in the morning) making that part a lot easier than I had expected. Then there was about 500-600 ft of trenching before we could take off snowshoes at about 12,100ft.

WalksWithBlackflies

WalksWithBlackflies - Sep 14, 2011 4:25 pm Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2011

Tour de Tundra  Sucess!

I circled the entire ridgeline starting with Bierstadt... minus Evans, but including Pt. 13307 (which was a blast BTW). I only spent about 5 seconds on the summit of Gray Wolf due to an approaching T-storm. And by approaching I mean 50 feet away.

Senad Rizvanovic

Senad Rizvanovic - Jul 16, 2011 4:38 pm Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2011

from Spalding  Sucess!

From Spalding, nice morning with some Mountain Goats on the way.

Sarah Simon

Sarah Simon - Nov 1, 2009 8:22 pm Date Climbed: Oct 31, 2009

From Echo Lake  Sucess!

What a fantastic way to spend Halloween! Beautiful, blue-bird skies, bright sun...cold and windy up top but surprisingly warm along most of the route. All twelve of our team made the summit! Partners: The "Collard Greens" CMC outing.

Foxy Long Bottoms

Foxy Long Bottoms - Aug 16, 2009 7:47 pm Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2009

Hells Hole  Sucess!

On the way to Hell's Hole I looked for a good spot to begin the bushwhack up Gray Wolf. Trees were thick and I was solo so I continued out to Hell's Hole to hang out. Met a solo hiker who also wanted to hike Gray Wolf so we went together. We started hiking back along the trail and descended into the trees directly across from the low part of the saddle. Spacing in the trees wasn't bad, making for minimal whacking. It is easy to get turned around in there, especially on the hike out. Seemed like a good way to head up the peak and it was.

argothor

argothor - Jul 11, 2009 12:18 am Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2009

4th of July  Sucess!

Started at Summit Lake and hiked up the rib of Spalding before heading off towards Gray Wolf. There was still a fair amount of snow on Spalding's northern slope which was melting fast causing the saddle between Spalding and Gray Wolf to be quite wet. After summiting Gray Wolf I then did Spalding and Mt. Evans. Beautiful day with only light fluffy, non-threatening clouds overhead.

chicagotransplant

chicagotransplant - May 18, 2009 9:51 am Date Climbed: May 17, 2009

Circle Tour from Echo  Sucess!

Climbed solo as part of a long ridge tour from Echo Lake - Goliath to Rogers to Warren to Spalding to Gray Wolf back to Echo Lake. Great warm spring day with plenty of sunshine! The road was still closed giving the place an eerie solitude.

colinpence

colinpence - Apr 7, 2009 12:55 am Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2008

Gray Wolf and Spalding  Sucess!

Several of my usual hiking companions joined me on this climb to celebrate the 4th of July.

altitude14er

altitude14er - Oct 19, 2008 10:57 pm Date Climbed: Oct 19, 2008

Route Climbed: Echo Lake TH  Sucess!

A great solo climb! The old burn area is interesting to walk thru...5 hours up, 3 hours down...I was hungover ;)

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