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Mount Elbert is the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than 4,800 kilometre from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in Canada, to New Mexico, in the United States....
 of North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
, at 14,440 feet (4,401 m). It is also the highest of the fourteeners in the US State of Colorado
Colorado

The State of Colorado is a U.S. state located in the Mountain States of the United States of America. Colorado may also be considered to be a part of the Western United States and Southwestern United States regions of the United States....
, and the high point of the Sawatch Range
Sawatch Range

The Sawatch Range is a mountain range in central Colorado which includes eight of the twenty highest peaks in the Rocky Mountains, including Mount Elbert, at elevation, the highest peak in the Rockies....
. It is located in Lake County
Lake County, Colorado

Lake County is one of the Colorado counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The highest point in Colorado and the entire Rocky Mountains is the summit of Mount Elbert in Lake County at 4401.2 meters elevation....
, approximately southwest of Leadville
Leadville, Colorado

Leadville is a Colorado municipalities#Statutory City that is the county seat of, and the only Colorado municipalities in, Lake County, Colorado, Colorado, United States....
. It lies within the San Isabel National Forest
San Isabel National Forest

San Isabel National Forest is located in central Colorado. The forest contains 19 of the states 54 fourteeners, peaks over high, including Mount Elbert, the highest point in Colorado....
.

The mountain is named for Colorado statesman Samuel Hitt Elbert
Samuel Hitt Elbert

Samuel Hitt Elbert served as List of Governors of Colorado of the Territory of Colorado and Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court of the State of Colorado ....
, who was active in the formative period of the State.

Elbert is the second highest mountain in the contiguous United States
Contiguous United States

The term contiguous United States refers to the 48 contiguous U.S. states located on the North American continent south of the border with Canada, plus the Washington, D.C.....
, after Mount Whitney
Mount Whitney

Mount Whitney is the highest summit in the contiguous United States with an elevation of . It is located at the boundary between California's Inyo County, California and Tulare County, California counties, just west of the lowest point in North America at Badwater in Death Valley National Park ....
 in California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
, and is shorter than Whitney's .

There are three main routes up the mountain, all of which gain over 4,000 feet of elevation.






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Mount Elbert is the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than 4,800 kilometre from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in Canada, to New Mexico, in the United States....
 of North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
, at 14,440 feet (4,401 m). It is also the highest of the fourteeners in the US State of Colorado
Colorado

The State of Colorado is a U.S. state located in the Mountain States of the United States of America. Colorado may also be considered to be a part of the Western United States and Southwestern United States regions of the United States....
, and the high point of the Sawatch Range
Sawatch Range

The Sawatch Range is a mountain range in central Colorado which includes eight of the twenty highest peaks in the Rocky Mountains, including Mount Elbert, at elevation, the highest peak in the Rockies....
. It is located in Lake County
Lake County, Colorado

Lake County is one of the Colorado counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The highest point in Colorado and the entire Rocky Mountains is the summit of Mount Elbert in Lake County at 4401.2 meters elevation....
, approximately southwest of Leadville
Leadville, Colorado

Leadville is a Colorado municipalities#Statutory City that is the county seat of, and the only Colorado municipalities in, Lake County, Colorado, Colorado, United States....
. It lies within the San Isabel National Forest
San Isabel National Forest

San Isabel National Forest is located in central Colorado. The forest contains 19 of the states 54 fourteeners, peaks over high, including Mount Elbert, the highest point in Colorado....
.

The mountain is named for Colorado statesman Samuel Hitt Elbert
Samuel Hitt Elbert

Samuel Hitt Elbert served as List of Governors of Colorado of the Territory of Colorado and Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court of the State of Colorado ....
, who was active in the formative period of the State.

Elbert is the second highest mountain in the contiguous United States
Contiguous United States

The term contiguous United States refers to the 48 contiguous U.S. states located on the North American continent south of the border with Canada, plus the Washington, D.C.....
, after Mount Whitney
Mount Whitney

Mount Whitney is the highest summit in the contiguous United States with an elevation of . It is located at the boundary between California's Inyo County, California and Tulare County, California counties, just west of the lowest point in North America at Badwater in Death Valley National Park ....
 in California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
, and is shorter than Whitney's .

There are three main routes up the mountain, all of which gain over 4,000 feet of elevation. The standard route ascends the peak from the east, starting from the Colorado Trail
Colorado Trail

The Colorado Trail is a long trail running from the mouth of Waterton Canyon southwest of Denver to Durango, Colorado in Colorado, United States....
. The most difficult is the Black Cloud Trail, which takes ten to fourteen hours, depending on the pace. Nearby fourteeners include Mount Massive
Mount Massive

Mount Massive is a fourteener in the Sawatch Range of the US State of Colorado. It is the second highest peak in Colorado, edging out the third highest, Mount Harvard, by one foot, and lower than Mount Elbert by 19 feet....
 to the north and La Plata Peak
La Plata Peak

La Plata Peak is over fourteener in elevation and the fifth highest mountain in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located in the Sawatch Range in northwestern Chaffee County, Colorado, approximately southwest of Leadville, Colorado, just south of Twin Lakes, Lake County, Colorado and Colorado State Highway 82 on the east side of Independence...
 to the south.

See also


  • Colorado 4000 meter peaks
  • List of Colorado fourteeners
    List of Colorado fourteeners

    In mountaineering in the United States, a fourteener is a mountain that exceeds 14,000 feet elevation. This is a complete list of the fourteeners in the U.S....
  • List of U.S. states by elevation
    List of U.S. states by elevation

    The following list is a comparison of elevation absolutes in United States. Data includes Interval measures of highest and lowest elevation for all fifty U.S....
  • Mountain peaks of Colorado
    Mountain peaks of Colorado

    This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks of the U.S. State of Colorado.Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a precise mathematical model of the Earth sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface....
  • Mountain peaks of North America
    Mountain peaks of North America

    This article comprises three sortable tables of major summit of Greater North America.This article defines Greater North America as the northern portion of the continental landmass of the Americas extending from the Panama to Alaska plus the islands surrounding North America....
  • Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
    Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains

    This article comprises three sortable tables of summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America.Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a precise mathematical model of the Earth sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface....
  • Mountain peaks of the United States
    Mountain peaks of the United States

    This article comprises three sortable tables of major summit of the United States.Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a precise mathematical model of the Earth sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface....
  • Mountain ranges of Colorado
    Mountain ranges of Colorado

    The following table lists the major mountain ranges of the U.S. State of Colorado....
  • Sawatch Range
    Sawatch Range

    The Sawatch Range is a mountain range in central Colorado which includes eight of the twenty highest peaks in the Rocky Mountains, including Mount Elbert, at elevation, the highest peak in the Rockies....
  • Southern Rocky Mountains
    Southern Rocky Mountains

    The Southern Rocky Mountains are a major subregion of the Rocky Mountains of North America located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Wyoming, the central and western portions of Colorado, the northern portion of New Mexico, and extreme eastern portions of Utah....


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