Torrey's Peak - Kelso Ridge

Photography
9.30.17

After September graced the front range peaks with some snow, Zach Cohen & I headed up Kelso Ridge for some spicy, snowy, icy & wet 3rd/4th class scrambling. We didn’t do a great job at photographing the crux sections. We were probably too puckered.

Grays Peak on the left, Torreys on the Right. Kelso Ridge is the ridgeline straight up from the photo on the right.

Looks Badass:

Zach topping out on one of the more 5thish class sections:

Myself ascending a snowier section of the route: (photo: Zach Cohen)

Zach topping out on another fun scramble with Grays in the background:

Zach approaching the crux:

View from the summit with Grays Peak in the foreground.

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