Torreys Peak Climber's Log : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost

Torreys Peak Climber's Log

centrifuge - Jan 12, 2011 9:46 pm Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2005

via kelso

an amazing route

Jeremy Hakes - Jan 10, 2011 4:26 pm

First 14er

First one. With grays.

thatnissanguy - Dec 18, 2010 9:32 pm Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2010

Torreys Peak from Loveland Pass

Somewhere around 7k feet of gain for the day. No big deal right? Route was great. Was harassed by marauding thunderstorms on the way back over Grizzly Peak. Finally found a break in the storm and made it over and back down. Was a crazy day for sure!

BBarthel - Dec 7, 2010 1:41 pm

Fought the crowdes

After Greys, Torreys felt positively abandoned.

Scott - Oct 26, 2010 8:24 am Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2001

Torreys

There was quite a bit of snow on the summit. There were some people waving a flag on the summit since this was just after 9/11.

rockymountaindiva - Oct 11, 2010 12:23 am Date Climbed: Oct 10, 1998

2nd 14er

2nd 14er with Grays. Seemed horrendous at the time!

Dangers Pop - Sep 28, 2010 11:18 pm Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2010

Stephens Gulch TH

Combined with Grays Peak. Hiked with HM. Wind was crazy on the saddle...50 mph+...Way too many people, but that's what you get so close to Denver. Nice views from the top.

eapikula - Sep 24, 2010 2:48 am Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2006

Summit July 2006

After waiting out rainy weather for a few days in RMNP, the forecast indicated clearing the next day. I headed for the the trailhead and camped for the night(wet, cloudy, cold). No one else in trailhead area all night but starting about 5AM some vehicles entered the parking area(just as cloud cover was breaking) and several started ahead of me. It was one of those windy days when the left over clouds zoom overhead like race cars and the wind moves you around at summit. Cant remember details of time etc., but summited both Torrey's and Gray's and had both peaks to myself - a rarity according to other logs here, seemed like when I was on summit of one other people where in saddle or other peak. Fairly Straightforward ascent.

Spindle - Sep 22, 2010 9:55 pm Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2010

Second of the two

After a week of perfect sunny weather, the clouds started moving in when I reached the saddle from Grays.

I made it a fast climb.

habaceeba - Aug 19, 2010 2:02 am Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2010

Kelso Ridge

Blue skies gave way to cute little fluffy clouds and mild temperatures for a perfect day on Kelso Ridge.

mstender - Aug 16, 2010 11:53 am Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2010

2nd 14er in CO

Bad luck with the weather the night before in camp and also in the morning but it cleared. Traversed from Grays. Has more of a feel of a true summit compared to Grays and it has the better views IMHO. A lot of people though.

Kapelmuur - Aug 9, 2010 10:42 pm Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2010

Up Kelso in the Clouds

Light rain and thus wet rock made for an interesting start to the ascent of Kelso, although luckily it dried up a bit before the knife edge. Ridge and summit were mostly socked in with cloud and fog making for very low visibility and cool temps (for August).

rharris - Aug 6, 2010 2:37 pm Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2010

From Grays

Walked over from Grays, nice to be able to do 2 14ers in the same morning.

Hostilejim - Jul 31, 2010 9:42 am

great 14er

Climbed with Torreys

RMdaytripsgrl - Jul 23, 2010 11:15 pm Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2010

Happy Anni

It was our 9th anniversary date. Up Kelso to Torrey's, traverse to Gray's...fun and quick...time for BeauJo's on the way home! :)

belexes - Jul 11, 2010 4:17 pm Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2010

Kelso Ridge

I climbed Torreys with some people I met the previous weekend down in the San Juans. We started at 5AM. It was pretty windy most of the time. We encountered two other hikers on the ridge. There were a handful of people on Torreys. We rested there a few minutes before heading over to Grays.