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| lilmantis | Great weather, great hike.  Date Climbed: Oct 8, 2007 | |
| First time back in the 14er groove since July. Great friends and great times in the mountains though. The weather was beautiful. Blue bird skies and nice and warm. Fall is definately the best time of year to get up Elbert! | |
| Posted Oct 10, 2007 3:49 pm | ||
| argothor | Mixed feelings Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2005 | |
| Elbert was the first 14er I did solo or without my faithful companion, Odin, my Golden Retriever who joined me for 17 14er summits. It felt strange hiking without him. | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2007 7:06 pm | ||
| alpspitze | First 14er Date Climbed: Aug 15, 1991 | |
| This was my first time to any kind of elevation. Went from RI to Leadville the day before. | |
| Posted Sep 25, 2007 9:19 am | ||
| Boriss Andean | Mount Elbert. Colorado's highest point! Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2004 | |
| Started at 5:00 am from the TH. Easy hike all the way up to the snow covered summit. Got to the top just on time. It started thundering 15 minutes after I reached back timberline. Mount Elbert (4,399 m/14,433 ft). My 1st HP.! | |
| Posted Sep 24, 2007 9:18 pm | ||
| HylianHero | #3 Date Climbed: Aug 14, 1999 | |
| I climbed this with my Boy Scout Troop from Lakewood. Didn't feel good all day and ended up throwing up on the way down. It was like a highway all day going up and down, but a very nice route. Extremely easy. | |
| Posted Sep 16, 2007 1:25 am | ||
| tioga | First 14er Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2006 | |
| This was my first 14er. Hiked it with my brother using the South Mt Elbert trail. It was a fun hike, but had a lot of vertical. | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2007 11:19 pm | ||
| Redwic | Great Summit Climb!!! Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2007 | |
| I highly recommend this hike. The weather, as I anticipated, was unpredictable. I wanted to start pre-dawn, to possibly see the sunrise from the summit, but lightning storms lit up the night sky like a laser show (so I waited until dawn to begin). In between periods of beautiful blue sky & sun, I encountered several rain drizzles & three hailstorms before reaching the summit... which then had a new weather system to greet me with approximate 20-30 MPH winds. Great scenery all along the North Elbert Trail, especially along the Northeast Ridge. | |
| Posted Sep 9, 2007 11:22 pm | ||
| Florida Frank | Blackhawk helicopters on top Date Climbed: Jul 20, 1999 | |
| Had a spectacular hike up via the North trail while acclimating for the Leadville - Mosquito Marathon. We were greeted by three Army Blackhawk helicopters near the summit. Quite the strange spectacle! | |
| Posted Sep 4, 2007 12:37 pm | ||
| surgent | South route Date Climbed: Aug 5, 1995 | |
| Came up from the south. Had no one on the trail the whole way up or down... great hike! Only saw others when I got to summit, then it was a party. | |
| Posted Aug 28, 2007 3:49 pm | ||
| Mots010 | Southeast ridge Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2007 | |
| Not much to say about this mountain. Lots of people at the summit. Nice day. | |
| Posted Aug 28, 2007 2:41 pm | ||
| matt81 | Standard Route Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2007 | |
| Northeast Ridge alone on top. | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2007 5:36 pm | ||
| whaynal | My New High Point Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2007 | |
| Climbed via the North Elbert Trail. Met a horse up there (and rider) who came up via the South. Quite unexpected. | |
| Posted Aug 23, 2007 12:20 am | ||
| ouray19 | Mt. Elbert Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2005 | |
| Used the South Elbert Trail. Great day, great hike. | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2007 8:33 pm | ||
| lasvegaswraith | Are you guys sure?!? Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2003 | |
| Via the North Route. Hit the trail early to avoid the t-storms late morning. Fabulous view, but man it feels like there's about 20 mountains higher when you look around. | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2007 7:01 pm | ||
| GeorgeJames | Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2007 | |
| Left the North Trailhead at 8am, met up with the mob at the top at about 11. Later start than I would have liked, but the weather was fantastic so it didn't matter too much. | |
| Posted Aug 12, 2007 3:43 pm | ||
| StarMan | Perfectly Clear Day! Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2005 | |
| via the North Trail | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2007 8:28 pm | ||
| chilkoot | Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2007 | |
| After a soaking rain dropped several inches overnight at the Elbert Creek Campground, the day cleared out enough that we had no problem making the summit in about 2 1/2 hours. Great views of Mt. Massive, which we climbed the next day. Lots of people on top, but all great folks. My 2nd 14er and 38th state highpoint! | |
| Posted Aug 6, 2007 11:41 pm | ||
| utes | beautiful in the summer Date Climbed: Jun 10, 1998 | |
| I remember seeing lots of wildflowers | ||
| Posted Aug 1, 2007 7:03 pm | ||
| LonePeakFreak | Mt. Elbert Trail Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2007 | |
| Ignored the weather reports and drove to Colorado anyway, turned out to be just fine. Stayed at the Leadville Hostel and ate the best prime rib of my life at Quincy's. My first Colorado 14er! | |
| Posted Jul 31, 2007 12:41 pm | ||
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