14ers.com • Peak Condition Update

Peak:	Dyer Mountain (13er)
Route:	Southeast Slopes
Range:	Mosquito
Posted By:	HikesInGeologicTime
Date of Info:	12/26/2020
Date Posted:	12/26/2020

Details
Gate open at 2B, but the only vehicles I saw past the normal closure were Jeeps and an ATV with special treads. Road mostly bootable up until ~1/2 mile before its end, where snow was punch crusted in the morning and mush of the sort you'd expect to find in March in the afternoon. We played Connect-the-Dots with rock patches up Dyer's slopes until we reached the ridge to further minimize an already fairly low risk of triggering an avalanche. Snow cover was so thin that I questioned whether the snowshoes we wore were absolutely necessary; on the way down, after descending the ridge, I realized that the answer to my question was, 'Yes, unless you're super enthusiastic about postholing in not-infrequent deeper sections. Used microspikes descending the ridge. Not strictly necessary if you've got good balance, but they made the going a little easier.

Details

Gate open at 2B, but the only vehicles I saw past the normal closure were Jeeps and an ATV with special treads. Road mostly bootable up until ~1/2 mile before its end, where snow was punch crusted in the morning and mush of the sort you'd expect to find in March in the afternoon.

We played Connect-the-Dots with rock patches up Dyer's slopes until we reached the ridge to further minimize an already fairly low risk of triggering an avalanche. Snow cover was so thin that I questioned whether the snowshoes we wore were absolutely necessary; on the way down, after descending the ridge, I realized that the answer to my question was, 'Yes, unless you're super enthusiastic about postholing in not-infrequent deeper sections.

Used microspikes descending the ridge. Not strictly necessary if you've got good balance, but they made the going a little easier.

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