Mount Elbert, Colorado: How to Hike the Tallest Peak in the Rocky Mountains 14,438-foot Mount Elbert offers accessible routes ascending to the highest point in the Rockies.

LEADVILLE — Though it may lack in true climbing excitement compared with many of the state’s 14,000-foot mountains, hiking Colorado’s highest point, Mount Elbert, provides a textbook Rocky ...

Mount Elbert, Colorado's tallest 14er, provides a textbook Rocky Mountain challenge for most any hiker. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 71°F. Tuesday, October 1st 2024 ...

LEADVILLE — Though it may lack in true climbing excitement compared with many of the state’s 14,000-foot mountains, hiking Colorado’s highest point, Mount Elbert, provides a textbook Rocky Mountain ...

At 14,433 feet, Mount Elbert is not only the tallest peak in Colorado, it’s also the highest in the entire Rocky Mountain range. If you’re gunning for the roof of the Rockies, the East Ridge route ...

LEADVILLE — Though it may lack in true climbing excitement compared with many of the state’s 14,000-foot mountains, hiking Colorado’s highest point, Mount Elbert, provides a textbook Rocky ...

Colorado’s fourteen thousand foot peaks are known as 14ers. Hiking them is a very popular summer and early fall activity. One of the most popular 14ers is Mount Elbert. At 14,440’, it is the ...

In early August, on the shoulder of Colorado’s highest peak, 14,439-foot Mount Elbert, I suddenly found myself unable to do anything except apologize. I had started up the mountain so early that ...

LEADVILLE — Though it may lack in true climbing excitement compared with many of the state’s 14,000-foot mountains, hiking Colorado’s highest point, Mount Elbert, provides a textbook Rocky Mountain ...

Image via Shutterstock Hiking is hard enough on its own. But one hiker is determined to scale all of Colorado's highest peaks ...

After several days of dreary weather, visitors were treated to this view of North America's tallest mountain, Mount McKinley, on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, in Denali National Park and Preserve ...

LEADVILLE, Colo. (AP) - A group of cadets and airmen from the Air Force Academy are climbing Mount Elbert as part of a plan to fly the Air Force flag from the highest point in every state. The ...