• Objective: Torreys Peak
  • Home Range: Front Range
  • Elevation: 14,267 Feet Above Sea Level
  • Difficulty: Class 2
  • Route: Grays and Torreys Combo Route
  • Elevation Gain: 3,600 Feet
  • Distance Traveled: 8.25 Miles Round Trip


The Objective

This objective was conducted in honor of and to keep alive the memory of SGT Lorenzo M. Ruiz.

SGT Ruiz was KIA on 03 October 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia during the fateful “Black Hawk Down” incident during Operation Gothic Serpent. At the time of his death he was serving with 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. Lest we forget, RLTW!