Grays & Torreys Conditions

[HarkNeal]

Mornin' all. Longtime lurker, first time poster. I know the upslope from the "September Blizzard of 2014" was pretty shallow. Anybody know how the standard approach to Grays & Torreys is? I don't have the gear to do anything remotely resembling a winter ascent so if there's more than a few inches of snow on the trail I've gotta call the trip off.

Thanks in advance,
Neal

[mtree]

The sun is shining. Doubt there's any snow/ice to worry about on the standard route.

[HarkNeal]

Awesome. Thanks for the reply.

[polar]

Check out the last condition report on Torreys, dated 9/10:
http://www.14ers.com/php14ers/peakstatu ... ecnum=3771

There was a light dusting of snow on portions of the route until about 13,350 ft where the snow became about 1-2 ft deep (all on the north side of the ridge).

The report is for Kelso Ridge, not the standard route. But if there's really "1-2 ft" of snow at the Knife Edge, you'll probably see at least a dusting of snow on the standard route. But I'm just guessing though.

[JosephG]

G&T appeared bone dry from the west. Seemed all the snow was melted or blown off. You'll be fine.

[Double Oh Seven]

I just previewed conditions from i-70 today grays is dry. Torreys appeared to have some snow sticking around above 13000 but from my view would have very little to no impact on standard route.

[polar]

I took this photo of Grays and Torreys from Mt. Parnassus today (9/14). You can see the standard rout up Grays in the photo: the white line zigzagging up the slope.

[ebrowning]

Anyone have any information about Kelso ridge as of September 15th? Thinking about doing this in the morning, but not if there is significant snow on the route. Thank you.

[eyost11]

Negligible snow on trail above 13,000'. Knife edge bone dry as of Sept. 14 morning. Made summit in trail runners with no problems.

[merrion13]

Does anybody have an update on the Kelso ridge? Looking to head up there Saturday morning.

[atalarico]

Does anybody have an update on the Kelso ridge? Looking to head up there Saturday morning.

Just went up there today with a friend, and the conditions are perfect summer conditions still (although I really enjoyed doing the route with snow on it years ago). There is maybe one small snow patch I can remember on the north side of the ridge but it is completely avoidable. Enjoy!

[dj14]

Does anybody have an update on the Kelso ridge? Looking to head up there Saturday morning.

I was just there today. I came up from Grays but sat on top of Torreys and watched a few people come up Kelso. They are said that conditions were good. One mentioned a little snow but said that it was not an issue. The standard route was snow free.