South Ridge: Guyot's south ridge starts basically on the Georgia Pass road. I parked at 39.429224, -105.907721. From there I hiked up what used to be another road but is now permanently closed, though I cut off of it straight up the ridge after about .2 miles. Simply going uphill in a general northwest trend I eventually hit treeline and then talus at the first ridge bump. After this there are numerous bumps and I skirted all or most of them. Once the ridge hits the southeast ridge (this is the dark red one) a trail appears on the western side of the mountain through the scree. Follow it until it runs out in large, blocky talus. The ridge til this point is Class 2. It becomes Class 2+ en route to the summit, which should now be visible. Simply scramble your way up. Descend the way you came up or descend the east ridge and hike the road back.
East ridge to Georgia Pass: an easy though unrelentingly steep and quite loose route. The route is obvious (just go east!) but you'll find you need to be careful with how steep the route is. Not dangerously so, really, just annoyingly so. Once at the road hike back down to your car if you did the south ridge. If you ascended the east ridge you're probably already parked at Georgia Pass.
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