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| displacedchzhead | Via Black Cloud Trail  Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2009 | |
| Summer vacation with my Son. Still lots of snow, so we had some postholing. Didn't see a soul, except at the summit. Great views all around! | |
| Posted Jul 21, 2012 1:57 pm | ||
| Outdooraholic | #16 state highpoint Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2012 | |
| Awesome hike! Very steep though! Camped at the TH, hit the trail at 5:30am, reached the summit in 3 hours and 15 minutes and took 2 hours and 15 minutes back down. | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2012 10:25 pm | ||
| Virginia14er | Virginia14er Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2012 | |
| Weather forecast was true to reports-clear all day. My wife and I could not have been more fortunate in that regard. Perfect day. Went up via Northeast ridge, spent about 30 min on summit with about 5 other 14ers, toasted with a can of coffee, then descended via East ridge, taking long way home; The Colorado trail back to original trailhead. Long, long loop, 10 hrs RT, but what a treat for our first. East ridge (South Mt Elbert Trail) would definitely be the easier route for newbies. We were there training for our Rainier summit trip in Sept. Did Bison peak the day before, and Lake Como two days later. BTW, Como mosquitos will carry you away. Just wanted to see what serious altitude is like. Totally acclimated after just 3 days in the area! Ready for Rainier! | |
| Posted Jul 15, 2012 11:17 am | ||
| Walkoutnow | #8 and first 14'er Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2012 | |
| A bit over 8 hrs total, including 35 min. enjoying the great views on the summit. Took north trail, luckily weather stayed away. A challenging but great day. | |
| Posted Jul 10, 2012 8:19 pm | ||
| Tjohn67238 | A good long hike Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2012 | |
| Hiking up via the Southeast Ridge, we enjoyed a good, long hike. It was nearly 1 1/2 miles along the summit ridge, so we couldn't linger on the summit too long. We didn't want to be caught in a storm up there. The entire round trip, up & down, was 9 hours. | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2012 11:16 pm | ||
| carpej | First time a few days before Leadville 100 Run Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2011 | |
| First Summit.. good hike! | ||
| Posted Jul 7, 2012 10:59 pm | ||
| eskimo122 | first 14er Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2011 | |
| first time in CO, first 14er. | |
| Posted Jun 26, 2012 4:12 pm | ||
| bighornmonkey | under 3 hours up Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2012 | |
| From the North trailhead. Under 3 hours up. Was back at the parking lot by noon. 14er #3 this year. | |
| Posted Jun 25, 2012 8:08 pm | ||
| Ridgerunner755 | Highest mtn. for me so far! Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2012 | |
| We took the old mine road just before the end of the 4x4 road to the south trailhead. From the mine at the end of the road we went straight up to the ridge to S. Elbert, then on to the summit. Took this route so we could see the summit instead of taking the standard south trail, which we took back down making a nice loop. Saw a couple ptarmigan and mulies on the way. Sunny but very windy, blew off the trail a couple times. My new highest point! | |
| Posted Jun 22, 2012 7:33 pm | ||
| Bkoziol3 | The top of CO Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2012 | |
| Hiked via South TH. Being a flat lander and having only come into CO 24 hours prior, I was quite winded. Great hike with great CO friends. High Point #5. Only 45 to go! haha | |
| Posted Jun 20, 2012 11:33 am | ||
| Brian Jenkins | Roof O' Colorado Date Climbed: Jun 11, 2012 | |
| Started up about 6:20 and summited about 11 am. Stellar day with blue skies and limitless views. Did the south route and enjoyed the 4WD road. Down in about 2.5 hrs and on to Margaritas in Dillon. | |
| Posted Jun 11, 2012 11:18 pm | ||
| nickkarl | South Elbert Trail Date Climbed: Jun 11, 2012 | |
| Great hike up Elbert today with my Dad. Blue bird day amazing views. | |
| Posted Jun 11, 2012 10:11 pm | ||
| xchallenging | East ridge Date Climbed: May 26, 2012 | |
| Used a 4wd to drive to upper parking spot, and then took 8 hours to clime up and down. The snow is limited at this Memorial day. But the wind was gusting 70mph, wich I had brought a ski-mask with me. | |
| Posted May 31, 2012 12:08 pm | ||
| technicolorNH | My first 14 Date Climbed: Sep 14, 2010 | |
| Easier than I was expecting and a great introduction to 14's. Took me three hours and forty five minutes to the summit from the parking lot near the Mt Massive trailhead to the east. My first climb outside the foothills of the East Coast. | |
| Posted May 18, 2012 6:33 am | ||
| letourneau41 | Elbert Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2010 | |
| Elbert | ||
| Posted May 8, 2012 1:43 pm | ||
| ywardhorner | 2nd Ascent Date Climbed: Jan 5, 2012 | |
| This was an easy winter ascent due to very good weather. We've also climbed it in spring via the West Face snow couloir (also easy). | |
| Posted May 1, 2012 1:34 pm | ||
| MissH | Tricky Elbert Date Climbed: Apr 29, 2012 | |
| Great day on Elbert, still snow and lots of frustrating postholing between treeline and meadow on the descent. I was prepared for the first false summit, but the next two tricked me. Either way, it was still fun, in spite of postholing up to my waist! | |
| Posted Apr 29, 2012 10:29 pm | ||
| DerekFreed | Tough Winter Day Date Climbed: Feb 13, 2011 | |
| Chilly from the start, made it through the snow to treeline where we met horrible winds. Group of 6, 3 turned back due to wind, 3 of us (the heavier ones) made the summit. Short summit stay before bolting back to the safety of the trees. | |
| Posted Mar 30, 2012 1:54 pm | ||
| chicagotransplant | Winter? Date Climbed: Mar 17, 2012 | |
| Solo ascent of East Ridge in what was technically winter, but it was 50 degrees at the trailhead and the trail was half melted out. Just an unbelievably low snow year and a very warm last 2 weeks. It almost felt like cheating to call this a winter ascent, I didn't even need snowshoes... Felt like late April or Early May. | |
| Posted Mar 17, 2012 7:48 pm | ||
| richitza | hard Date Climbed: May 30, 2010 | |
| Hard for me at this altitude, but great experience! First time at over 14.000 ft. | ||
| Posted Jan 24, 2012 11:39 pm | ||
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