lst suggestion: Don't climb on a weekend if possible as both peaks are very popular and easy to get to from Denver.
Quandary is quite a bit shorter than Grays, 5.5 miles vs 8 round trip. Both are about the same summit elevation with the starting elevation for the trailheads being similar with a slightly lower starting elevation for Quandary.
The Quandary trail is steeper. If you settle on Grays, an extra mile (9 total) would get you both Grays and Torreys as both peaks are unique in that they are the only Colorado 14ers to sit on the Continental Divide.
Grays trailhead, Stevens Gulch, is closer to Denver than Quandarys trailhead, Monte Cristo.
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I have climbed Grays and Torreys 4 times doing both on the same climb. Done Quandary 8 times.
