Exposure Rating Chart:
No exposure in the area. Gentle terrain. 0  No exposure in the area. Gentle terrain.
Mild exposure in the area but not along the immediate route. 1  Mild exposure in the area but not along the immediate route.
Mild exposure very close to the route. Route options may be limited but you should be able to walk past the exposure area. 2  Mild exposure very close to the route. Route options may be limited but you should be able to walk past the exposure area.
Moderate exposure along the immediate route. It should be avoidable with some slow hiking or scrambling. 3  Moderate exposure along the immediate route. It should be avoidable with some slow hiking or scrambling.
More serious exposure that could result in serious injury or death if you fell. Moving past the area will require some scrambling or short technical moves. 4  More serious exposure that could result in serious injury or death if you fell. Moving past the area will require some scrambling or short technical moves.
Dangerous exposure that requires careful, technical moves to navigate around. A fall would likely be fatal. Big, sheer drops. 5  Dangerous exposure that requires careful, technical moves to navigate around. A fall would likely be fatal. Big, sheer drops.
Vertical exposure. Technical, roped climbing route. 6  Vertical exposure. Technical, roped climbing route.

14ers.com Routes - Grouped by Exposure Rating:
0  No exposure in the area. Gentle terrain.
  Blanca Peak: Lake Como Approach (Standard)
  Little Bear Peak: Lake Como Approach (Standard)
  Pikes Peak: East Slope (Standard)
  San Luis Peak: Northeast Ridge from Stewart Creek (Standard)
  Windom, Sunlight, Eolus: Chicago Basin Approach (Standard)

1  Mild exposure in the area but not along the immediate route.
  Grays Peak: East Slopes (Standard)
  Grays Peak: Southwest Ridge
  Grays, Torreys: Standard Combination
  Handies Peak: Southwest Slope from American Basin (Standard)
  Kit Carson Peak and Challenger Point: Willow Creek Approach (Standard)
  Mt. Belford: Northwest Ridge (Standard)
  Mt. Bierstadt: West Slopes (Standard)
  Mt. Bross: "S Gully"
  Mt. Bross: East Slopes from Mineral Park Mine (Standard)
  Mt. Bross: "Dolly Varden Gully"
  Mt. Bross: East Slopes from Moose Creek
  Mt. Democrat: East Slope from Kite Lake (Standard)
  Mt. Elbert: East Ridge
  Mt. Elbert: Northeast Ridge (Standard)
  Mt. Elbert: Southeast Ridge
  Mt. Evans: Northeast Face from Summit Lake
  Mt. Evans: West Ridge from Guanella Pass
  Mt. Lincoln: From the Quartzville site
  Mt. Lincoln: From Kite Lake (Standard)
  Mt. Sherman: South Slope
  Mt. Wilson, Wilson Peak, El Diente Peak: Navajo Lake Approach (Standard)
  Pikes Peak: Northwest Slopes
  Quandary Peak: East Ridge (Standard)
  Torreys Peak: South Slopes (Standard)

2  Mild exposure very close to the route. Route options may be limited but you should be able to walk past the exposure area.
  Challenger Point: North Slope (Standard)
  Culebra Peak: Northwest Ridge (Standard)
  Democrat, Cameron, Lincoln, Bross: From Kite Lake
  Ellingwood Point: South Face (Standard)
  Grays Peak: South Ridge
  Handies Peak: East Slopes from Grizzly Gulch
  Handies Peak: West Slopes
  Humboldt Peak: West Ridge (Standard)
  Huron Peak: North Ridge from Clear Creek (Standard)
  La Plata Peak: Northwest Ridge (Standard)
  La Plata Peak: Southwest Ridge
  Mt. Antero: From Browns Creek
  Mt. Antero: West Slopes via Baldwin Gulch (Standard)
  Mt. Bierstadt: Via the North Face gully
  Mt. Bross: West Slopes from Kite Lake
  Mt. Columbia: West Slopes (Standard)
  Mt. Columbia: Southeast Ridge
  Mt. Evans: West Ridge via Mt. Spalding
  Mt. Evans: West Ridge via Chicago Creek (Standard)
  Mt. Evans: Northeast Face and over 3 sub-peaks
  Mt. Evans: West Ridge from Summit Lake
  Mt. Harvard: South Slopes (Standard)
  Mt. Lincoln: Lincoln Amphitheatre
  Mt. Lindsey: North Face (Standard)
  Mt. Massive: Southwest Slopes
  Mt. Massive: East Slopes (Standard)
  Mt. of the Holy Cross: North Ridge (Standard)
  Mt. Oxford: From Mt. Belford (Standard)
  Mt. Princeton: East Slopes (Standard)
  Mt. Shavano: Angel of Shavano
  Mt. Shavano: East Slopes (Standard)
  Mt. Sherman: Southwest Ridge from Fourmile Creek (Standard)
  Mt. Sherman: West Slopes from Iowa Gulch
  Mt. Wilson, Wilson Peak, El Diente Peak: Silver Pick Basin Approach (Closed until 2010)
  Mt. Yale: From Denny Creek (Standard)
  Quandary Peak: South Gully aka Cristo Couloir
  Redcloud Peak: Northeast Ridge from Silver Creek (Standard)
  Sunshine Peak: From Redcloud Peak (Standard)
  Sunshine Peak: Northwest Face
  Tabeguache Peak: From Jennings Creek (CLOSED)
  Tabeguache Peak: Via Mt. Shavano (Standard)
  Torreys Peak: West Ridge from Loveland Pass
  Torreys Peak: Northwest Face aka "Tuning Fork"
  Uncompahgre Peak: South Ridge from Nellie Creek (Standard)

3  Moderate exposure along the immediate route. It should be avoidable with some slow hiking or scrambling.
  Bierstadt, Sawtooth, Evans: From Guanella Pass
  Blanca Peak: Northwest Ridge (Standard)
  Castle and Conundrum: Loop (Standard)
  Castle Peak: North Face Couloir
  Castle Peak: Northwest Ridge
  Castle Peak: Northeast Ridge (Standard)
  Crestone Peak: South Face / Red Gully (Standard)
  El Diente Peak: North Slope (Standard)
  Grays Peak: Lost Rat Couloir
  Kit Carson Peak: From Challenger Point (Standard)
  Longs Peak: Keyhole Route (Standard)
  Missouri Mountain: Northwest Ridge from Missouri Gulch (Standard)
  Missouri Mountain: North Face Couloirs
  Missouri Mountain: West Ridge
  Mt. Democrat: South Slope Ski
  Mt. Elbert: Box Creek Couloirs
  Mt. Evans: Northeast Ridge from Summit Lake
  Mt. Evans: North Face Moderate
  Mt. of the Holy Cross: Halo Ridge
  Mt. Sneffels: From Yankee Boy Basin (Standard)
  Mt. Sneffels: Southwest Ridge
  Quandary Peak: North Gully aka Quandary Couloir
  Snowmass Mountain: East Slope (Standard)
  Snowmass Mountain: West Slope
  Torreys Peak: Dead Dog Couloir
  Windom Peak: West Ridge (Standard)

4  More serious exposure that could result in serious injury or death if you fell. Moving past the area will require some scrambling or short technical moves.
  Blanca, Ellingwood: From Lake Como
  Conundrum Peak: Conundrum Couloir
  Crestone Needle: South Face (Standard)
  El Diente Peak and Mt. Wilson: Ridge Traverse
  Ellingwood Point: Southwest Ridge
  Kit Carson Peak: North Ridge
  La Plata Peak: Ellingwood Ridge
  Little Bear Peak: West Ridge and Southwest Face (Standard)
  Longs Peak: Loft - via East Longs Trailhead
  Maroon Peak: Bell Cord Couloir
  Maroon Peak: South Ridge (Standard)
  Mt. Bierstadt: East Ridge
  Mt. Eolus: Northeast Ridge (Standard)
  Mt. Evans: West Ridge via the West Gully
  Mt. Evans: North Face Steep
  Mt. Lindsey: Northwest Ridge
  Mt. Wilson: Northeast Ridge (Standard)
  North Maroon Peak: Northeast Ridge (Standard)
  Pyramid Peak: Northeast Ridge (Standard)
  Quandary Peak: West Ridge
  Torreys Peak: Kelso Ridge
  Wetterhorn Peak: Southeast Ridge (Standard)
  Wilson Peak: Southwest Ridge (Standard)

5  Dangerous exposure that requires careful, technical moves to navigate around. A fall would likely be fatal. Big, sheer drops.
  Capitol Peak: Northeast Ridge from Capitol Lake (Standard)
  Crestone Needle: Ellingwood Arête (Ellingwood Ledges)
  Little Bear Peak: Little Bear-to-Blanca Traverse
  Maroon and N. Maroon: Bells Traverse
  Sunlight Peak: South Face (Standard)

6  Vertical exposure. Technical, roped climbing route.
  There are 14er routes that fit this rating (Longs: Diamond, Crestone Needle: Ellingwood Arete, Capitol: NW Buttress, etc.) but they have yet to be added to the 14ers.com Online Guidebook.


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