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| Report Type |
Mini |
| Peak(s) |
Mt. Elbert - 14,438 feet
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| Date Posted |
08/09/2006 |
| Date Climbed |
08/02/2006 |
| Author |
renobob |
| Mt. Elbert - North route |
This hike is about as straight forward as they get. We left the TH at 6:00AM with clear skies and about 10 other cars in the parking lot. Bill's route description is right on the nose. The first mile+ follows the Colorado Trail through the forest to the Elbert junction. At this point the remaining trail is a serious piece of UP. 4,000 ft of vertical in less than 4 miles. The trail itself is well maintained all the way to 13,300 feet. At this point you will see the first of several false summits. Do not rejoice just yet  because you have a ways to go. You have a section of class 2 that wanders up through some scree and junk to 13,800. Following the trail up through this section is not difficult. At 13,800 you top out on the ridge and see false summmit number 2, don't rejoice , but you're almost there. The difficult part is over. The remainder of the trail follows the ridge line to the summit. The views are incredible. You will not be disappointed. we were amazed that on a week day we guessed there were over 60 people on the trail.
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