Millennia of erosion has transformed Mount Elbert into a gentle giant, offering several non-technical hikes to the top. The standard route most hikers use is the Mount Elbert Trail, located just ...

Like most exposed mountain hikes in Colorado, this trail requires an early start to avoid afternoon thunderstorms above the tree line section, even during summer. Mount Elbert is the highest peak ...

In early August, on the shoulder of Colorado’s highest peak, 14,439-foot Mount Elbert ... still call it night, hiking the remote Black Cloud Trail that leads to Elbert’s southeast ridge.

Mount Massive (14,421 feet) is north of Elbert. • Directions ... require technical climbing skills; others are long hikes with well-marked trails. All require stamina and a little bit of ...

The organization estimates 260,000 hikes were taken on Colorado 14ers ... be in the 25,000 to 30,000 hiker days range, CFI said. Mount Elbert and Grays and Torreys Peaks were in the second tier ...