Mount Elbert Climber's Log

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BigRob

BigRob - Apr 12, 2010 2:18 am Date Climbed: Apr 11, 2010

Eastern Ridge  Sucess!

The weather was great, but the snow was soft on the descent.

theREALCarpeDM

theREALCarpeDM - Apr 8, 2010 5:29 pm Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2006

standard route  Sucess!

8th 14er

skyward22

skyward22 - Mar 13, 2010 7:09 pm Date Climbed: Mar 2, 2010

nice hike  Sucess!

easy winter training climb. 5,000ft. elevation gain from the winter trailhead.

IHaveArrived

IHaveArrived - Jan 19, 2010 11:54 pm Date Climbed: Jan 11, 2010

Top of CO  Sucess!

Started at South Elbert trail. Beautiful day, no clouds, a lot of snow, but hardpacked from other hikers and skiers. For about an hour, I was the highest person in Colorado. Incredible views. HP #18.

seano

seano - Jan 16, 2010 6:21 pm Date Climbed: Jan 16, 2010

South Elbert trail  Sucess!

Nice easy hike once I found the well-trampled highway. Met some crazy dudes who had camped on the summit the night before. Trip report

Snowslogger

Snowslogger - Dec 30, 2009 4:20 pm Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2001

Black Cloud Trail  Sucess!

A fun hike up and no people until the summit. Do driving up Mt.
Evans and staying in Leadville count as aid?

Senad Rizvanovic

Senad Rizvanovic - Nov 24, 2009 12:14 am Date Climbed: Mar 21, 2010

1st 14ener  Sucess!

My first 14ener in Colorado, August 04, 2004
2nd summit March 21, 2010
3rd time, March 16 2014

PaulRomano

PaulRomano - Nov 20, 2009 7:16 pm Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2009

1st 14er, 2nd State HP  Sucess!

Took the unrelenting NE ridge. Made a few mistakes on this one- not having warm enough clothes, and not eating until getting to the summit. Both contributed to me getting a bit of altitude sickness. Nevertheless, the summit views made up for how crappy I felt!

dancla22

dancla22 - Nov 11, 2009 7:54 am

Good Sidetrip  Sucess!

Thought about trying to make it up for sunrise, would be a really good sunrise location if you can make it up for it. Nice views all around.

ChugachMan

ChugachMan - Oct 23, 2009 5:20 pm Date Climbed: Nov 1, 2002

Elbert  Sucess!

Sometime back in Nov 02 or 03 - first outing after knee surgery. Fun peak with DU Alpine Club.

metal4lyf

metal4lyf - Oct 18, 2009 6:18 am Date Climbed: Oct 17, 2009

incredible..  Sucess!

..day!

MRoyer4

MRoyer4 - Sep 30, 2009 5:41 pm

Colorado Trail Side Trip  Sucess!

Took a side trip during a thru-hike of the Colorado Trail. Lots of people on the trail (I think it was a Saturday but I didn't really know what day it was).

Mlasky

Mlasky - Sep 22, 2009 9:40 pm Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2008

First CO 14er  Sucess!

This was my first CO 14er, and both my girlfriends' first 14ers ever. We did an alpine start on the best night of the Perseid meteor shower. Beautiful cloud free day, and we had a crowd free ascent. After we got to the top, about 15 or so others showed up and we met interesting people...all seemingly with more summit aspirations, as did we. One couple had just engaged. This was the first of two days of CO summits.

Spindle

Spindle - Sep 22, 2009 1:06 pm Date Climbed: Sep 14, 2009

My first 14er  Sucess!

Gorgeous day. Climbed with friends Cheryl and Deborah. Started just before dawn. Had some snow, a rainbow, and some rain on the descent.

Epica

Epica - Sep 21, 2009 11:41 pm Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2004

7 years....  Sucess!

When I lived in CO I always hiked up a mountain on the anniversary of my husband's death. This was the 7th year..... An amazing day!

vanman798

vanman798 - Sep 21, 2009 11:01 am Date Climbed: Sep 18, 2009

NE Ridge  Sucess!

I climbed Elbert as my hundredth distinct peak, and in the process I set a new personal height record. It's a plain mountain, but it offers wonderful views in all directions.

colinpence

colinpence - Sep 17, 2009 6:35 pm Date Climbed: Jul 20, 1991

one of my first 14ers  Sucess!

I climbed this peak with my wife (at that time), and it was a great accomplishment.

ryan_tx

ryan_tx - Sep 16, 2009 4:01 pm Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2009

Our first 14er  Sucess!

Climbed with 7 other friends via the northeast trail. It was the first 14er for all of us. This was my second attempt, the first being in April 2008 with snowshoes which ended up not going too well.

gimpilator

gimpilator - Sep 15, 2009 12:07 am Date Climbed: Sep 7, 2009

Northeast Ridge  Sucess!

I spent the night at the trailhead to enable an early start of 5 am. I passed one person and was the first on the summit from my route. It was cold and windy but very rewarding. See my Trip Report about doing seven 14ers in eight days.

Dartmouth Hiker

Dartmouth Hiker - Sep 14, 2009 2:56 pm Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2009

My 24th state highpoint  Sucess!

Went with my good friend from college and native Coloradan Elise. Both coming from lowlands and being a bit out of shape, took us 6 hours to summit (via the NE ridge), reaching the top in blustery conditions and flurries. Compared to Whitney, this was a surprisingly steep trail in some places!

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