Dyer Mountain

Route: Southeast Slopes
Posted On: 7/5/2020, By: mjflynn74
Info: Minimal snow in Iowa Amphitheatre, none on immediate route. 

Route: West Ridge
Posted On: 6/30/2020, By: mjflynn74
Info: From a hike of West Dyer: Some snow left in the Dyer Amphitheatre; none of it required traction. West ridge looked clear (see pic). 

Route: Southeast Slopes
Posted On: 6/6/2020, By: RickyDavis
Info: The southeast slopes are still covered in snow and the morning sun heats them up pretty quickly. Plan an early summit if you want to avoid postholing. 

Route: Southeast Slopes
Posted On: 5/16/2020, By: dwoodward13
Info: Dyer is in nice condition. I stuck to mostly snow from the Summer TH to the summit. You could probably stick to rock/dirt for 30% of the route if you wanted. Decent freeze overnight created nice supportive snow until the summit. Left winter closure at 530 and summited at 8. Headed down about 9 and snow was great for plunge stepping, but still a bit too hard/icy for any decent glissade. Brought but didn't use traction. Only used snowshoes on a portion of the road on the way down which was quickly turning into a mess in the mid morning heat. 

Route: Southeast Slopes
Posted On: 4/26/2020, By: dcruz654
Info: Continuous snow from the 2b road split to the summit. Firm enough to boot at 7am today without punching through at all. I'm a softboot splitboarder and move a bit quicker on foot than skinning, so I did that for a bit to pump out some mileage on the road quick.

Skin up from summer th wasn't too bad, it's possible to keep the incline mellow with meandering, but we opted to basically just point it straight up.

Had planned for a more direct line from the summit but wasn't comfortable with the wind loading on the slightly steeper terrain around 13600'. Headed down the southwest ridge about 250' vertical before dropping southeast for some really really good turns.

Once back down to 11600, the snow was sloppy and sticky (at about noon). It made the ski out pretty awful to say the least. And I had fresh wax. 

Route: Southeast Slopes
Posted On: 3/5/2020, By: mjlucarelli
Info: There were old slides all around us on our way up to Iowa Gulch and we couldn't tell if wind slabs had formed on the ridge above us once we were in Iowa Gulch, so we decided to take a more direct route to the ridge past the Dyer Amphitheater drainage but before the Iowa Gulch drainage instead of sticking to the standard southeast slope route. I will post a picture of the slope we went up along with a couple pics of the ridge itself. Once we got to the ridge it was smooth sailing (except for those wonderful winter winds). 

Route: West Ridge
Posted On: 10/17/2019, By: angry
Info: Summer conditions. Quick, very easy scramble (rated class 4 but I believe that's just the chimney, felt overall easy class 2). The little snow present does not intersect the route. 

Route: Southeast Slopes
Posted On: 7/29/2019, By: E_A_Marcus_949
Info: Some snow patches remain, however it is easy enough to go around them and still make it to the summit without altering your course too much. There are a few trail patches and some cairns but otherwise it's a typical 13er of pick your own way. Summit register is in good condition and has a pen. 

Route: Southeast Slopes
Posted On: 7/13/2019, By: zinj
Info: Almost summer. Can't quite drive to the end of the line in Iowa gulch, but what's an extra 1/2 mile on roadbed?

You can almost keep this dry if you want to and are willing to take a few steps on packed snow here and there, but it is so much more fun on the remaining snow fields - a few post holes to the hip, but largely consolidated.

What I'm glad I brought: cheap nylon pants to glissade.

What I wish I had brought: large-basket (ski) poles instead of tiny-basket trekking poles.

What I didn't bring and was unnecessary: axe, crampons, spikes, fancy telescoping poles (there's no need to side-slope such that variable length poles are worth the weight).. 

Route: Northeast Ridge
Posted On: 7/8/2019, By: datum313
Info: The road to the Fourmile Creek trailhead was open and mostly dry. I made it to the gate at 12,000' in my 2WD Camry.

I took the standard Sherman route and then followed the ridge north to Gemini. There was a narrow line of snow-free talus on the ridge between Gemini and Dyer (see picture looking back at Gemini from the summit). I needed microspikes to climb the snowy section just below the summit and I glissaded back down to the ridge. 

Route: Southeast Slopes
Posted On: 7/2/2019, By: terrysrunning
Info: Road is drivable to within half a mile of the trailhead. You can make the climb with less than a couple hundred yards of snow crossings total; I brought microspikes but never even thought about taking them out. Pretty easy day. 

Route: Southeast Slopes
Posted On: 6/19/2019, By: B_2
Info: Can get to 11,700 in Iowa Gulch. Full cover begins around 12,000. Everything below 12,000 will be melted out soon. 12,000-12,500 is getting mushy. Skinned from about 11,900 to just short of summit, final 100 vert is windblown/exposed rock requiring booting. I had a weak freeze and a cloudy morning and was out by 9 and the high snow was firm with about 1-2" corn to push around. 

Route: Southeast Slopes
Posted On: 2/16/2019, By: cottonmountaineering
Info: Dyer is skiable pretty much from the summit currently, mind the avy danger 

Route: From Gemini Peak
Posted On: 9/9/2018, By: supranihilest
Info: Do not underestimate the distance Dyer is from Gemini Peak, which itself is quite a distance from Mount Sherman! Dyer is VERY far from Gemini, and don't forget you have to go back all that distance too! The descent to the Gemini/Dyer saddle is quite loose but not that steep, though you might not be able to tell because absolutely everything is loose. The middle section of the ridge is very pleasant and kind of fun, consisting mostly of solid rock underfoot. The ascent up Dyer is, guess what? Steep and loose! There might even be some Class 3 scrambling in there if you really wanted to seek it out, but be careful not to pull a block onto yourself in the process. Similarly on the descent; Dyer consists of larger blocks on average than the other 13ers near Mount Sherman but they're just as loose and thus more dangerous. 

Route: West Ridge
Posted On: 6/14/2018, By: Giant hills
Info: A couple patches of snow in the amphitheater but hard packed and avoidable. The ground in spots was moosh and mud but its dodgable or just walk through with boots. No snow on the route besides two little patches but no traction needed. Rock was loose in spots but mostly stable..kept reading route finding was really hard on this route, but if you follow the photos and route details on the site it covers everything you need to know and have some experince with scrambling itll be cruiser.