3/21/2015 Route: Southeast Slopes Posted On: 3/22/2015, By: BKS Info: A group of 7 organized by Scott P summited Dyer on standard route with a variety of equipment. Snowshoes, skis/skins, splitboard, and simply boots. Floatation not required. Road from blacktop to summer trailhead has continuous hardpacked snow. Southeast slopes are mostly bare, but the bowl and broad gully further up the drainage has good coverage. Snow was stable in bowl and gulley late in day in spite of heat and intense sun- four inches of spring powder on top of crust and sugar. Conditions were ideal for early spring. Scenic summit. Good time was had by all. |
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9/7/2014 Route: Southeast Slopes Posted On: 9/7/2014, By: LetsGoMets Info: Zero snow, perfect (fall!) conditions. Didn't see anyone else on Dyer, saw lots heading to Sherman. Canister on summit is missing a cap on one end. Wish I knew, would have replaced it. Drove in from Denver, climbed and made it back before kickoff. RT from car: ~2 hours. |
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7/3/2014 Route: East Ridge from Gemini Posted On: 7/3/2014, By: awake Info: A couple patches of snow close to the summit that will lead to a little bit of post-holing, but nothing that requires traction. The ridge between Gemini and Dyer also has some snow that can be easily avoided. |
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6/21/2014 Route: Southeast Slopes Posted On: 6/26/2014, By: carson_h Info: I brought my skis based on 6/15 update, but left them in the car -- a lot of snow had melted. I‘d estimate 30% snow coverage. I avoided most of the snow by staying left of the road. Microspike were helpful for getting down from Dyer heading toward Gemini/Sherman. |
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6/15/2014 Route: Southeast Slopes Posted On: 6/16/2014, By: rescuemonkey Info: Road to upper Dyer TH is open now. 90% of the route is coverd in snow. The snow is perfect for crampons/microspike. We climbed without any tranction, however it would have been easier with some. Lots of ski turns up there too. |
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6/28/2013 Route: Southeast Slopes Posted On: 6/28/2013, By: denvermikey Info: Can be climbed without going over any snow as long as you follow Bill‘s route description and gain the southwest ridge. If you go up to the saddle between Gemini and Dyer (or descend Dyer toward Gemini) there is still an unavoidable snow field covering the east side of the peak. The road to Upper Iowa Gulch is easily passable to the TH. |
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5/8/2012 Route: North East Face Posted On: 5/8/2018, By: cardgenius Info: Parked on CR14 and hugged lookers right through the willows/marsh. Decent coverage in the willows. We started around 4:30 and with the hard freeze, we were able to skin right across it with not much problem. After the willows it's mostly snow all the whole way. Snow was firm and we skinned all the way to the summit without taking off the skis. Used ski crampons in the upper section to the summit. Skied off at 10:30 and had almost perfect corn the whole way down. |
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4/22/2012 Route: from Mt Sherman Posted On: 4/23/2012, By: Brian Thomas Info: Snowshoes are not needed on route to Sherman and Dyer, snow on route after dropping from Gemini to saddle was easily navigated with microspikes and poles. Stay slightly right on approach to Dyer to avoid cornices. Photo 1 is descent from Gemini, photos 2 and 3 looking towards Dyer. |
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6/11/2011 Route: South Ridge Posted On: 6/13/2011, By: Nathan Hale Info: Continuous snow from Iowa Gulch up to the summit, though it‘s spotty near the top and probably won‘t be continuous much longer. The ridge to Gemini is mostly snow on the Dyer side, but the final gully up to Gemini was clear. |
