Name: South Mount Elbert Trail #1481
Rating: 4.8

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Land Manager: USFS-Pike and San Isabel National Forest - Collegiate Peaks Wilderness

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Tyler Vaughan with improvements by Keith Rash

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4.8 from 17 votes

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4.8 from 17 votes

5 Star		82%
4 Star		12%
3 Star		6%
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in Mount Massive Wilderness

#55

in Colorado

#252

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Jul 10, 2016 near Leadvil…, CO

Feb 16, 2015 near Leadvil…, CO

Top of Mount Elbert Looking at Mount Massive

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Sep 14, 2018 near Leadvil…, CO

Aug 30, 2017 near Leadvil…, CO

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Jul 27, 2022

Valerie Norton

Route down: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2022/07/mount-elbert.html

Apr 1, 2022

Ryan Bowman

Started about 1.2mi from the actual trailhead as the snow was too deep even for 4WD vehicles. Bailed on the summit around the first saddle. 8mi

Jan 22, 2022

Brian Baker

Parking at South lot. Trail is broken in through snow all the way to the summit. Snowshoes and spikes recommended.

Nov 18, 2021

John Imbrie

A fair amount of snow on the trail but I never had to deploy my spikes 12mi — 9h 15m

Sep 5, 2021

Tina S

Owen and Eliana's first 14er!

Aug 24, 2021

Matt Hage

Family hike up Mount Elbert. Our 5 yo son's first 14'er. Great trail! 11mi — 8h 00m

Aug 23, 2021

Matthew Webb

Jul 19, 2021

Lynn Lester

Sharing this hike with Emma & Hannah experiencing gratitude and joy 11.5mi — 5h 10m

Sep 12, 2020

Dustin Long

7 hours exactly. Fresh snow cover made it a bit tougher. Trail work made exact mileage difficult (no GPS usage). Worth it though. Acclimate first! 10mi — 7h 00m

Sep 5, 2020

marc g

Aug 9, 2020

Clay Stennett

9.8mi — 8h 00m

Jul 19, 2020

Chrystalina P

12mi

Jul 17, 2020

Chris Rice

Jun 11, 2020

Micki Balder

I was gassed but it normally wouldn't be that bad. Amazing views. We drove up the forest service road to get closer 10mi — 7h 00m

Jun 10, 2020

Caitlin Olson

Started at the creek that crosses USFS Road 125.B 5.6mi — 3h 42m

Sep 5, 2019

epicsol Markley

Sep 1, 2019

Stephen F

Aug 14, 2019

Tiff Holbrook

Jul 17, 2019

Alyssa Banister

Third 14er 9mi — 7h 39m

Jul 16, 2019

Kivett Gresham

Sep 1, 2018

Karl Robohm

Jul 1, 2018

Matt Kohn

Aug 14, 2017

Abigail Powers

Beautiful and rewarding hike. Beware the false summits.

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South Mount Elbert Trail #1481

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14,416' 4,394 m

10,527' 3,209 m

3,888' 1,185 m

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