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| chrisbrown | Re: Mount Elbert | |
| Hey, how were the conditions? I am thinking of climbing in 2 weeks and wondering if I should bring snow shoes and/or crampons. Thanks so much, Chris | |
| Posted Mar 27, 2011 2:59 pm | ||
| albarado | Mount Elbert  Date Climbed: Mar 13, 2011 | |
| Beautiful climb, very enjoyable until after the summit when the wind picked back up | |
| Posted Mar 23, 2011 11:17 am | ||
| Alan Ellis | A good day.... Date Climbed: Mar 12, 2011 | |
| ...but a long day. Great weather! Third summit of Elbert, but my first time in winter. | |
| Posted Mar 14, 2011 4:15 pm | ||
| Ilafan | WOW! | |
| This was frustrating, gorgeous, mind-bending, and fun! We camped for two nights on the shore of a couple of lakes close to the trailhead. Then we started up the trail from a parking lot early one morning (although not early enough to miss the daily rain in the early afternoon). Bugs, switchbacks, open snow belts, shortness of breath, altitude sickness, and wonderful scenery were all a part of this memorable hike. | |
| Posted Mar 8, 2011 7:37 pm | ||
| CarloMarx | Turned away Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2007 | |
| Up the Black Cloud trail. Took too long due to dragging "extra weight" with me. Bwahaha! Couldn't beat the storm, so had to turn around. I'll be back! | |
| Posted Feb 13, 2011 2:53 pm | ||
| skorpeo | Nice Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2009 | |
| Fun! | |
| Posted Jan 28, 2011 10:04 pm | ||
| CastillejaMiniata | Off the CT. Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2008 | |
| While I was through-hiking the Colorado Trail, I took a side trip to the summit on a beautiful summer day. It was very crowded and I was glad to get back to the relative solitude of the CT. | |
| Posted Jan 27, 2011 11:45 pm | ||
| centrifuge | co high point Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2005 | |
| with susan, mike and jason on a beautiful day | |
| Posted Jan 12, 2011 9:44 pm | ||
| sevenvii | Elbert up the East ridge Date Climbed: Jan 8, 2011 | |
| First winter ascent of a peak. Had a beautiful day weather wise, and the trail was nice and boot packed. Good way to bang out this class 1 route. | |
| Posted Jan 9, 2011 5:35 pm | ||
| MattGreene | Twice in 2 days (almost) | |
| Mid July 2010 - Attempted a night ascent, but a thunderstorm turned me back just above treeline. I tried to wait it out, but it lingered for a few hours. So, I descended in the dark, slept a few hours, then headed back up and tagged the summit early the next morning. | ||
| Posted Dec 24, 2010 7:43 pm | ||
| Montana Matt | Elbert and Massive Date Climbed: Sep 19, 2008 | |
| Scary afternoon. After completing Massive in the morning, was unfortunate enough to be on the summit when a lightning storm rolled in. It was the first time I'd ever heard the air "buzzing". | |
| Posted Dec 11, 2010 12:47 pm | ||
| breauxtrahn | 1st US Highpoint Date Climbed: Sep 22, 2010 | |
| 2nd day in Colorado. Fairly windy and cloudy, it seemed like there might be T-storm danger. But it snowed. | |
| Posted Dec 9, 2010 1:41 am | ||
| BBarthel | First One Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2000 | |
| My first 14er. Definitely wasn't prepared for the false summits. | |
| Posted Dec 7, 2010 1:09 pm | ||
| Winex | Quick trip to Colorado Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2009 | |
| A neighbor and I made a quick trip to Colorado from Minnesoter. Hit Hawkeye point Iowa, Elbert and Mt, Sunflower in Kansas. | |
| Posted Dec 7, 2010 10:52 am | ||
| Legpowered | Elbert on a windy day | |
| Elbert is actually a relatively easy climb. But on the day we did it, the wind was pretty amazing | |
| Posted Dec 3, 2010 2:13 pm | ||
| Jow | HP #8 Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2010 | |
| By far biggest mountain ever accomplished. perfect weather. | |
| Posted Dec 1, 2010 2:43 pm | ||
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| myrone | Re: Final Fourteener | |
| Well done!! Man. All the best. | |
| Posted Nov 16, 2010 9:54 pm | ||
| rockymountaindiva | Strange day Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2004 | |
| On the way down, saw a young couple coming up the trail carrying a baby. 2:30 pm, clouds rolling in, enough said. | |
| Posted Oct 11, 2010 12:08 am | ||
| svenssonc | Good Climb of HP #21 Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2003 | |
| Hasse, Eva and Caj started in alpine style from the Elbert Creek campground and summitted in good spirit after all the false summits. Off the summit before the thunderstorms came in. The third highest state highpoint. We continued South to Taos ski valley after climbing Mt Elbert, to make an attempt on the NM highpoint, Wheeler Peak. | |
| Posted Oct 10, 2010 10:06 pm | ||
| Flyingclimber | Standard Route | |
| Had some thunder snow on the summit. | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2010 8:28 pm | ||
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