Mount Elbert Climber's Log : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost

Mount Elbert Climber's Log

iwlclmeverest - Jun 6, 2006 4:47 pm Date Climbed: Mar 1, 2006

Elbert in Winter

Cold and deep snow. Great views at the summit:)

srclimb1 - May 30, 2006 8:24 pm Date Climbed: May 29, 2006

Mt. Elbert

Summit Elbert

roozers42 - May 15, 2006 3:42 pm Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2005

NE Ridge

Windy, windy

Aspen - May 15, 2006 6:24 am Date Climbed: Sep 19, 1998

Climbing Route: Northeast Ridge

ENDLESS...do you hear/read me...ENDLESS false summits before reaching Elbert's true peak! Geeeez! I won't be doing Elbert again for a long time.

Knight

km_donovan - Apr 23, 2006 11:58 am Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2003

Route Climbed: East Ridge II

Took the CEO of the company I work for and his wife up. My second trip up. It was a big day for them. I was able to score a leave of absence to do Everest partly as a result of this.

bc44caesar - Apr 23, 2006 2:21 am Date Climbed: Apr 22, 2006

East Ridge

Climbed from the 4WD Trailhead - only one on the mountain as far as I could tell! The snow in the trees was awful so I ended up following a snow-free gully until I could find a relatively clear way to the ridge. The snow above treeline was fantastic and made me wish I'd brought my skis - brought crampons & ice axe instead. Snowshoes would've been a waste of time. Weather was great, albeit a little cold and windy on top. 3hrs 20min up, 2hrs down.

edlins - Apr 17, 2006 6:21 pm Date Climbed: Mar 19, 2006

Winter Elbert

Great weekend - camped high and skied from the summit. Noone else seen for two days.

apierce - Apr 7, 2006 4:47 am Date Climbed: May 29, 2005

Route: East Ridge

Practically a blizzard on descent!

Tracy - Mar 31, 2006 9:58 am Date Climbed: Jul 14, 1999

Nice, HIGH walk up!

Despite some rainy weather, My son Lance, age 10, and my other son Travis, age 8, made it with me to the roof of Colorado via the South Mount Elbert Trail #1481. We had spent the previous night in Leadville which really helped us acclimatize I believe.

Kellert - Mar 17, 2006 2:04 am Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2005

NE Ridge

Great day, only took 4 hours round trip, with 30 min break at the summit. Great Views.

noggin - Mar 7, 2006 1:13 am Date Climbed: Oct 1, 2005

Northeast Ridge

There was snow above the first false summit. The weather was great, and there were a TON of people on this trail. It looked like ants on the mountain from the summit.

MarieP - Mar 6, 2006 4:42 pm Date Climbed: May 30, 2005

South Elbert Trial

Very windy on the top but the views are rewarding.

Matt Toensing - Mar 5, 2006 5:01 pm Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2005

Matt Toensing

Did part of the Colo trail and climbed Elbert and Massive as part of the trip.

markhyams - Mar 4, 2006 7:49 pm Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2004

NE Ridge

Early season, but friends in tennis shoes still made it.

markhyams - Mar 4, 2006 7:48 pm Date Climbed: Jul 16, 1994

East Ridge

Climbed this during a summer living in Aspen. What a summer that was - 20 14ers.

Rocky Alps - Mar 4, 2006 8:22 am Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2005

South Elbert Route

For being the highest mountain after Mt. Whitney in the lower 48 states, I was surprised by how easy Mt. Elbert turned out to be(bottom to top and back in 4 hours, with the help of a 4WD road that let us park at 11,000 feet). La Plata is quite impressive when viewed from the summit, but overall the mountains in the area seemed more like big hills.