Sherman to Dyer Mountain

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Re: Sherman to Dyer Mountain

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SunNFun wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:35 am If you start at the Iowa Gulch TH you can do Dyer, Gemini, Sherman and throw in Sheridan if you are feeling a little ambitious and make a loop of it. I think it was about 7.5 miles with around 3200 ft of elevation.
Might as well throw in White Ridge too.
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Re: Sherman to Dyer Mountain

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SunNFun wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:35 am If you start at the Iowa Gulch TH you can do Dyer, Gemini, Sherman and throw in Sheridan if you are feeling a little ambitious and make a loop of it. I think it was about 7.5 miles with around 3200 ft of elevation.
Yeah, going to do Sheridan as well since I'll be up there.
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Re: Sherman to Dyer Mountain

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cthomson828 wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 12:55 pm
SunNFun wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:35 am If you start at the Iowa Gulch TH you can do Dyer, Gemini, Sherman and throw in Sheridan if you are feeling a little ambitious and make a loop of it. I think it was about 7.5 miles with around 3200 ft of elevation.
Yeah, going to do Sheridan as well since I'll be up there.
Its not as easy as it sounds but the good thing is that once you get to Mt Sherman, if the weather looks iffy or you just arent feeling that day is the day you can always head back down to the trailhead and still have made a loop of it. Good luck
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Re: Sherman to Dyer Mountain

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I did Sherman to Dyer in April a while back and the descent off of Gemini was narrow, rocky, and super slick with the snow. In the summer I would imagine it is class 1+
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Re: Sherman to Dyer Mountain

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https://www.14ers.com/php14ers/triprepo ... trip=19511
https://www.14ers.com/php14ers/triprepo ... a0a0bb1dea

These two trip reports have a lot of good info.

I did Sherman -> Dyer -> Gemini -> Sheridan -> Peerless -> Horseshoe a few weeks ago.

Agree with the trip reports that this is the order to do it in. Can bail out easily any time after the second summit of Sherman.

Felt that everything was very chill ridge-wise. Hardest part for me was ascent/descent of Gemini with slick rocks with morning frost.
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