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| Andrew Rankine | A tiring climb  Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2010 | |
| A very tiring hike for me. Flew in from Phoenix at 8 pm, on the trail by 8 am the next day. Climbed this one, but with difficulty. Great weather and great views pulled me through this one. | |
| Posted Oct 28, 2011 1:45 pm | ||
| ferdinandverboom | Endless hike Date Climbed: Jun 5, 2011 | |
| My wife and I did the normal route. Summer had just came in and there still was a lot of snow on track. A very long hike on sloppy snowslopes. Pretty though without snowshoes or skies. We had the route very much for ourselves that day. | |
| Posted Oct 28, 2011 8:50 am | ||
| PrinceOfNorway | Spring on Elbert Date Climbed: May 8, 2010 | |
| This was a very enjoyable mountain to climb. It was very cold on top! That's okay, because it made the experience all the more exciting. Thanks Elbert! | |
| Posted Oct 21, 2011 5:32 pm | ||
| velodurt | North Mt Elbert Trail Date Climbed: Sep 28, 2011 | |
| Made it to the top of Colorado and guess who was waiting for us? A mountain goat...too cool! Check out our report Mount Elbert Lots of pics! Enjoy | |
| Posted Oct 20, 2011 4:57 pm | ||
| MValentine | First Colorado 14er Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2011 | |
| I fell in love with the Rockies when I made this trip up Elbert. Beautiful views from the top and had the added bonus of getting to see a girl paraglide from around 12,000 ft. Looked pretty awesome! The hike wasn't anything too intense and was a great day hike. | |
| Posted Oct 19, 2011 5:31 pm | ||
| Ted Eliason | Colorado's highest hump Date Climbed: Jan 29, 2011 | |
| Easy avy free Class I hike to some stunning winter views of the Colorado rockies. 2 1/2 hour hike up the NE ridge in summer. | |
| Posted Oct 12, 2011 2:55 pm | ||
| MMclimbhigh | NE Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2009 | |
| Family trip to Breck, so my wife and I ran up the trail and we're home for lunch. Stellar views! | |
| Posted Oct 7, 2011 2:55 am | ||
| geosean | piece or winter cake Date Climbed: Dec 29, 2010 | |
| Hiked a serious boot pack (stashed the snowshoes right away) to timberline, then it was bare ground. Cold but essentially a walkup. Summited with just a few of us. Made the parking lot just before total darkness set it. | |
| Posted Sep 19, 2011 11:53 am | ||
| Kristin5berry | First trip to CO Date Climbed: Sep 18, 2011 | |
| Sunny and beautiful | |
| Posted Sep 19, 2011 1:40 am | ||
| Pfeiffer75 | South Mount Elbert Trail Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2011 | |
| Climbed via South Elbert Trail. After Mount Elbert, did a loop and summitted South Elbert and Mount Cosgriff | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2011 4:49 pm | ||
| redsplashman23 | Mount Elbert Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2011 | |
| Cloudy while on the summit. Within 20 minutes after leaving the summit it cleared up. | |
| Posted Sep 10, 2011 9:14 pm | ||
| EndlessPat | 2nd 14er Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2010 | |
| tons of people | |
| Posted Sep 8, 2011 6:54 pm | ||
| schleger | Family outing Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2010 | |
| Learned the value of bringing quality water, sipping it frequently, snacking frequently, too on this 10 hour 4700' gain adventure. Slow go due to there being four of us / two teens and two adults all at different endurance levels. We appreciate the views Elbert offered us....and the pain, too! | |
| Posted Sep 8, 2011 6:29 pm | ||
| WyoNative | Busy Labor Day Weekend Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2011 | |
| Started late (around 1050 am) and completed the climb while most people were descending. Beautiful day. :) | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2011 5:15 pm | ||
| markowens | HP #18 Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2011 | |
| I met a friend out here and we did this one together. I live in Baltimore at an altitude of about 500'. I arrived in CO on Friday and did this on Saturday. There were plenty of people on the trail and maybe 60 on the summit. Personally, I like seeing people out doing stuff, so it doesn't bother me. Anyway, we had a great time! | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2011 11:53 am | ||
| gregoryhuey | Aaaaah Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2011 | |
| 44 F. the night before. It was so good to be cold after a long long summer in northern NM. Met 4 brothers on the summit who were there to celebrate the eldest's 65th birthday, cake & all. Pretty inspirational. | |
| Posted Aug 29, 2011 1:03 pm | ||
| Tonka | Don't forget to take a left Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2011 | |
| NE Ridge- Started out and blew right through the CO trail thinking we needed to cross it and keep going. Once the braided trail started peetering out and I finally looked at a map I realized our mistake (needed to take a left on it). Besides putting us an hour behind we made it back to the main trail and were still on the summit before noon. Weather was comming in and we stayed only a few minutes. We were well off the summit when the thunder and rain stared but there were still a lot of people up high. | |
| Posted Aug 29, 2011 12:49 pm | ||
| DarrenKnezek | Mt. Elbert, South Mt. Elbert, & Mount Cosgriff Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2011 | |
| Parked and climbed the South Mt. Elbert trail to the summit. Hiked down and then up to South Mt. Elbert. Hiked further southeast to Mount Cosgriff (13,588). Hiked down the northeast face of Mount Cosgriff aiming for the mine road. Hiked most of the mine road and it lets you out exactly where I parked for the South Mt. Elbert trail. Going over to South Mt. Elbert was a much more beautiful hike than the one up! | ||
| Posted Aug 22, 2011 9:44 pm | ||
| zoomloco | north th | |
| elbert is higher, but word on the street: massive is a much more beautiful hike | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2011 3:15 pm | ||
| matthewp | Ridiculous Crowds Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2011 | |
| There were at least 50 people on the summit, including a girl in a bikini blasting music, cooking hot dogs and handing out beers. Probably saw over 100 people on the trail that day. Not your typical climbing experience, but it was fun nonetheless. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2011 6:58 pm | ||
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