Summit Of Grays Peak

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User: Blaze - 5/23/2026

Location: Grays and Torreys Peaks Trailhead

Rating: 3point5stars
Difficulty: 4stars  Solitude: 2stars
Miles Hiked: 6.81 Miles  Elapsed Time: 5 hours, 57 minutes

Comments:

My plan was to summit Grays Peak and then traverse over to summit Torreys Peak.  To my dismay, the entire trail and the mountains were covered in snow, so it was more strenuous than I expected.  Even though Grays was a Class1 peak, it was covered in 2+ ft of snow so it was brutally hard to get to the top, often postholing along the way in chilling 20 mph winds.  I managed to slog up to the top of Grays, but I was getting Elvis Legs and bonking big time.  I felt the effects of altitude the last 300 ft going up the final push that was ~45 degrees in slope, getting tunnel vision and becoming dizzy due to overexertion and not enough oxygen.  Luckily, I was able to recognize the symptoms and work through it.  By the time I got to the top of Grays, I was exhausted  and didn't have enough gas in my tank to traverse over and summit Torreys Peak as well.  I will have to save that 14er for another day when the snow has melted away.



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