Torreys
Peak
Routed from OpenStreetMap · elevations USGS 3DEP
Botanist Charles C. Parry made the first recorded ascent in 1861 and named the peak for John Torrey, a colleague and one of the era's foremost American botanists; Torrey did not visit the mountain himself until 1872, eleven years after it carried his name. The Arapaho referred to Torreys and adjacent Grays Peak together as Heeniiyoowuu, or "ant hills," long before either received an English name from Parry's survey party.
Torreys is almost always climbed together with Grays Peak, its neighbor across a connecting saddle about three-quarters of a mile away, and the two share a single approach through Stevens Gulch above Bakerville. That old townsite was a silver-mining settlement founded in 1865 below Kelso Mountain, and the gulch road running south from it toward the peaks is now reached from the Bakerville exit off Interstate 70.
Stevens Gulch Rd (CR 321) from I-70 exit 221 at Bakerville is ~3 mi of rough dirt — 4WD recommended, unmaintained/impassable in winter (USFS Grays Peak Trailhead page).
No fee or permit (Arapaho NF). Stevens Gulch Rd is rough and winter-closed; low-clearance vehicles park at Bakerville, adding ~6.4 mi RT (14ers.com trailhead page fr04). No shuttle or reservation system as of July 2026 (USFS Grays Peak Trailhead page). Lot fills pre-dawn on summer weekends.
Peak data: Torreys Peak — Wikipedia