Elbert Question

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Elbert Question

by Jow » Wed Aug 18, 2010 6:48 pm

I am planning on hiking Elbert in early September. My initial plan is the north trailhead is this what people consider upper? I want to camp out the night before is there a place at the base of the trailhead or should we go up the trail aways? I've read a bunch of trip reports but there is almost too much info. any other tips appreciated as I am from the east so our mountains are smaller and different thanks

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Elbert

by pyerger » Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:12 pm

You could try the east ridge route, about the same difficulty as others, and there is a camp ground right at the trail head. Also, not being the standard route, there are far fewer people. Also try 14ers.com for beta
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Halfmoon Creek

by CSUMarmot » Wed Aug 18, 2010 8:42 pm

Dispersed camping all along halfmoon road plus elbert creek campground is within .25 miles from the trailhead. Easy trail, nice route, best bet.

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by hatidua » Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:29 pm

I did the East Ridge route this past week. You can A) camp right at the trailhead, B) at any of the multitude of campgrounds on the road in, or C) as far up the rail as you want to go (there's even a few rock wind barriers on the summit like the boulder field on Longs if you want to camp on top).

If it's a day with nice weather, you won't be lonely, regardless of what route you pick. At 9am there were about 75 people on the summit and you could see people ascending various routes on their way up.


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