Mount Elbert

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Mount Elbert <tr><td style="border-top:1px solid #999966; text-align: center;" colspan=2>Image:MtElbert TurquoiseLake.jpg Mt. Elbert, with Turquoise Lake in the foreground</td></tr>
Elevation	14,440 ft (4,401 m)<ref name="ngs_elev">NAVD 88 data from the National Geodetic Survey datasheet</ref>
Location	Colorado, United States <tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">Range</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">Rocky Mountains, Sawatch Range</td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">Prominence</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">9,100 ft (2,774 m)<ref name="peaklist">Adapted from peaklist.org based on revised elevation</ref></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">Coordinates</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">39°07′03.90″N, 106°26′43.29″W<ref name="ngs_coords">NAD 83 from the National Geodetic Survey datasheet</ref></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">Topo map</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">USGS Mount Elbert</td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">First ascent</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">1874 by H. W. Stuckle</td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">Easiest route</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">hike (class 2)</td></tr>

Mount Elbert

<tr><td style="border-top:1px solid #999966; text-align: center;" colspan=2>Image:MtElbert TurquoiseLake.jpg
Mt. Elbert, with Turquoise Lake in the foreground</td></tr>

Elevation

14,440 ft (4,401 m)<ref name="ngs_elev">NAVD 88 data from the National Geodetic Survey datasheet</ref>

Location

Colorado, United States

<tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">Range</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">Rocky Mountains, Sawatch Range</td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">Prominence</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">9,100 ft (2,774 m)<ref name="peaklist">Adapted from peaklist.org based on revised elevation</ref></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">Coordinates</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">39°07′03.90″N, 106°26′43.29″W<ref name="ngs_coords">NAD 83 from the National Geodetic Survey datasheet</ref></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">Topo map</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">USGS Mount Elbert</td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">First ascent</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">1874 by H. W. Stuckle</td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">Easiest route</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">hike (class 2)</td></tr>

Mount Elbert is the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains of North America. It is also the highest of the fourteeners in the US State of Colorado, and the high point of the Sawatch Range. It is located in Lake County, approximately 10 mi (16 km) southwest of Leadville. It lies within the San Isabel National Forest.

Elbert is the second highest mountain in the contiguous United States, after Mount Whitney in California, and is but 65 feet (20 m) shorter than Whitney's 14,505 feet (4,421 m).

Elbert is a fairly easy climb (after adjusting to its elevation—see Altitude sickness), and is popular with hikers. There are three routes up the mountain. The standard route ascends the peak from the east, starting from the Colorado Trail. The most difficult is the Black Cloud Trail, which takes ten to fourteen hours, depending on the pace. Nearby fourteeners include Mount Massive to the north and La Plata Peak to the south.