Route Climbed: Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: Sept. 4, 2005
Great climb with what seemed like about 500 other people on a Sunday morning. Touched the top of Colorado in just under 3 hours and did the round trip back to the trailhead in 5 1/2 hours. Easy climb with a very good trail to the summit.
Route Climbed: South Elbert Trail from Twin Lakes Date Climbed: August 18, 2005
Started the trail around 5:30am with my brother. I didn't drive all the way up on the 4x4 trail. I wish I did... that 1.8 mile wasn't too much fun after I got down from the summit.
Total time = 7.5 hr
took me 5 hr to get to the top... the trail was easy, and I took my time. Great scene of Twin Lakes from the summit.
When I got to the summit, I can see dark clouds on the NW side... hmm.. it is a good sign to leave.
After 30 minutes, the sky start to snow/hail... it was pretty cool. But the roaring thunder make me walk even faster. It took me 1 hr to get to the treeline. It was a scary thought... Hopefully, other people were okay... because I saw a bunch of people and two dogs were still on the way up when the thunderstorm came in. Overall, it was a great trail and mountain.
Route Climbed: South Elbert Trail Date Climbed: August 12, 2005
Great Hike! I underestimated the endurance I would need for this Class 1 hike. I went with 3 others and one person got sick. We had just flown in the previous day from an elevation of about 30 feet. So we should have better acclimated ourselves. Beautiful day! The long trail ahead of us, was a bit disheartening and I felt a bit like saying, "Are we there yet?" My first 14er. Went and did Long's Peak two days later with no problems at all, and faster than Mount Elbert!
Oh and a 5 year old was on the summit of this mountain! Hiked the majority of it, with only a short piggy back ride she said.
Route Climbed: Northeast ridge Date Climbed: July 1999
This was my first climb over 7200' (high point in my home state of SD). We drove down through the night one friday night, climbed on a sunday morning and drove back the same night. A great first 14er!
Route Climbed: Mt. Elbert trail. Date Climbed: September 2, 1998
A great 'hike' up. Varying terrain/scenery. The GF and I hit some nearby Hotsprings afterward, which was a great way to end a the trip up yet another 14er!
Route Climbed: Northeast Slopes Date Climbed: July 26, 2004
July 2004- Easy hike, trail was very worn down.
March 2007- First 14ers.com gathering ever! Great time with an awesome group of people, winds above 13,000' were great training for Orizaba.
December 2013- First mountain after returning from a half-year in South America. I struggled with the altitude, but really blazed the final 1000' vertical. Where did that come from?
January 2014- Sarah's winter 14er finisher! Awesome day with a 2-hr summit party! I'll skip coming back up here in February this year. :P
Route Climbed: Northeast ridge Date Climbed: August-7-2005
After spending 5 days traveling through Colorado`s high country, I decided to climb my first Colorado fourteener. Did it in 3:35 whithout problems thanks to good weather and a well worn path. The views from the summit were great specially towards La Plata peak; after a 30 minute break on the top I headed back down and climbed Mt Massive in the afternoon.
Route Climbed: Northeast Slopes Date Climbed: July 25, 2005
My 3rd 14er (my 1st solo) and my 3rd state highpoint! Woke up to a nasty gray day, with a black cloud over my chosen mountain, but the nastiness held back and I made it to the summit...the things we do when it's our last free day in Colorado...
Route Climbed: Mt. Elbert Trail Date Climbed: August 5, 2005
I climbed with Dan Updegraff of Andover, KS. We arrived from Kansas on the preceding night and climbed the next morning. It is possible to climb without acclimating to the altitude--just more of a challenge. It was 48 degrees at the summit, according to a fellow hiker. We met a 71 year old man up top. The hike down warmed up considerably, with no rain as had been forecast. If you hike, go on a weekday, it's a lot less crowded than it was in the Mt. Elbert trailhead parking lot on the next morning (Saturday).
Route Climbed: Mt. Elbert Trail Date Climbed: July 27, 2005
Learned a valuable lesson; take the small camera and no tripod. Beautiful day great climb. This is my first 14er summit. I am from Arkansas where there is plenty of oxygen. Quite a different story at 14,000 feet.
Route Climbed: Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: June 2005
We set out in early afternoon and were blessed with a cloudless, bluebird day. Also, upon reentering treeline, we happened upon a gi-normous porcupine climbing up practically the first tree we saw. Super hike and not nearly as long as everyone seems to believe.
Erik Beeler - Sep 11, 2005 9:39 am
Route Climbed: Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: 8/24After 10 hours on Massive the day before this was much shorter. I took the easy route and left camera and anything else I could back at camp.
Gord Boston - Sep 7, 2005 11:44 pm
Route Climbed: from North Mt. Elbert Trailhead Date Climbed: Aug. 15, 20052nd 14'er. Good trail got a little steep around 13,000 feet, wouldn't want to come down in the rain
shanrickv - Sep 6, 2005 9:13 am
Route Climbed: Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: Sept. 4, 2005Great climb with what seemed like about 500 other people on a Sunday morning. Touched the top of Colorado in just under 3 hours and did the round trip back to the trailhead in 5 1/2 hours. Easy climb with a very good trail to the summit.
tdoughty - Sep 5, 2005 1:59 pm
Route Climbed: Trail Date Climbed: Oct '84Beautiful Fall day. With Paul Dowdy.
TomSellick - Aug 31, 2005 6:21 pm
Route Climbed: Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: August 12, 2004First 14er ever summited. Lots of fun, tried it without advil and got bad headache. I wanted to see how I reacted to altitude, and I found out...
Mike Mc - Aug 28, 2005 10:15 pm
Route Climbed: Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: June 22, 2005Nice trail all the way to the summit: accent time: 2 h, 25 min.
mack78 - Aug 27, 2005 12:09 pm
Route Climbed: Northeast ridge Date Climbed: July 24thFirst 14er hiked (no car/cablecar). Good maintained
trail, only the high altitude is a bit of a problem.
undallas - Aug 24, 2005 9:57 pm
Route Climbed: South Elbert Trail from Twin Lakes Date Climbed: August 18, 2005Started the trail around 5:30am with my brother. I didn't drive all the way up on the 4x4 trail. I wish I did... that 1.8 mile wasn't too much fun after I got down from the summit.
Total time = 7.5 hr
took me 5 hr to get to the top... the trail was easy, and I took my time. Great scene of Twin Lakes from the summit.
When I got to the summit, I can see dark clouds on the NW side... hmm.. it is a good sign to leave.
After 30 minutes, the sky start to snow/hail... it was pretty cool. But the roaring thunder make me walk even faster. It took me 1 hr to get to the treeline. It was a scary thought... Hopefully, other people were okay... because I saw a bunch of people and two dogs were still on the way up when the thunderstorm came in. Overall, it was a great trail and mountain.
onlynine - Aug 24, 2005 4:02 am
Route Climbed: Mt Elbert south trail Date Climbed: August 12thClimbed together with one Danish and two American friends. My first ever climb....This was fantastic!!
We took 3hr to the top and 2hr down and I was quite sore in my legs on our way home to Denmark.
I will very much like to climb some more mountains...only problem though is that the highest point in Denmark is Ejer Bavnehoej, which is 561ft !!
Woodie Hopper - Aug 23, 2005 5:46 pm
Route Climbed: Northeast ridgeHopefully won't ever have to suffer the addition of a road! Climbed with my brother (Joel).
LoriOLin - Aug 22, 2005 5:43 pm
Route Climbed: South Elbert Trail Date Climbed: August 12, 2005Great Hike! I underestimated the endurance I would need for this Class 1 hike. I went with 3 others and one person got sick. We had just flown in the previous day from an elevation of about 30 feet. So we should have better acclimated ourselves. Beautiful day! The long trail ahead of us, was a bit disheartening and I felt a bit like saying, "Are we there yet?" My first 14er. Went and did Long's Peak two days later with no problems at all, and faster than Mount Elbert!
Oh and a 5 year old was on the summit of this mountain! Hiked the majority of it, with only a short piggy back ride she said.
Smithman123 - Aug 20, 2005 8:25 pm
Route Climbed: Northeast ridge Date Climbed: July 1999This was my first climb over 7200' (high point in my home state of SD). We drove down through the night one friday night, climbed on a sunday morning and drove back the same night. A great first 14er!
POWERJL - Aug 18, 2005 10:00 am
Route Climbed: Mt. Elbert trail. Date Climbed: September 2, 1998A great 'hike' up. Varying terrain/scenery. The GF and I hit some nearby Hotsprings afterward, which was a great way to end a the trip up yet another 14er!
shanahan96 - Aug 14, 2005 3:54 pm
Route Climbed: Northeast Slopes Date Climbed: July 26, 2004July 2004- Easy hike, trail was very worn down.
March 2007- First 14ers.com gathering ever! Great time with an awesome group of people, winds above 13,000' were great training for Orizaba.
December 2013- First mountain after returning from a half-year in South America. I struggled with the altitude, but really blazed the final 1000' vertical. Where did that come from?
January 2014- Sarah's winter 14er finisher! Awesome day with a 2-hr summit party! I'll skip coming back up here in February this year. :P
jamie
pacojgarza - Aug 11, 2005 3:14 am
Route Climbed: Northeast ridge Date Climbed: August-7-2005After spending 5 days traveling through Colorado`s high country, I decided to climb my first Colorado fourteener. Did it in 3:35 whithout problems thanks to good weather and a well worn path. The views from the summit were great specially towards La Plata peak; after a 30 minute break on the top I headed back down and climbed Mt Massive in the afternoon.
evilproofer - Aug 10, 2005 10:49 pm
Route Climbed: Northeast Slopes Date Climbed: July 25, 2005My 3rd 14er (my 1st solo) and my 3rd state highpoint! Woke up to a nasty gray day, with a black cloud over my chosen mountain, but the nastiness held back and I made it to the summit...the things we do when it's our last free day in Colorado...
bcase - Aug 10, 2005 11:40 am
Route Climbed: Mt. Elbert Trail Date Climbed: August 5, 2005I climbed with Dan Updegraff of Andover, KS. We arrived from Kansas on the preceding night and climbed the next morning. It is possible to climb without acclimating to the altitude--just more of a challenge. It was 48 degrees at the summit, according to a fellow hiker. We met a 71 year old man up top. The hike down warmed up considerably, with no rain as had been forecast. If you hike, go on a weekday, it's a lot less crowded than it was in the Mt. Elbert trailhead parking lot on the next morning (Saturday).
blephoto - Aug 1, 2005 1:31 pm
Route Climbed: Mt. Elbert Trail Date Climbed: July 27, 2005Learned a valuable lesson; take the small camera and no tripod. Beautiful day great climb. This is my first 14er summit. I am from Arkansas where there is plenty of oxygen. Quite a different story at 14,000 feet.
haytraci - Jul 28, 2005 6:30 pm
Route Climbed: Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: June 2005We set out in early afternoon and were blessed with a cloudless, bluebird day. Also, upon reentering treeline, we happened upon a gi-normous porcupine climbing up practically the first tree we saw. Super hike and not nearly as long as everyone seems to believe.
kheatwol - Jul 27, 2005 1:01 pm
Route Climbed: Standard Route Date Climbed: 7/3/052nd Fourteener. This was a long easy hike. Those false summits sure do let you down!