Mount Elbert

Mount Elbert
Mount Elbert
	Mount Elbert seen from Turquoise Lake
Highest point
Elevation	14,440 feet (4401.2 m); NAVD88
Prominence	9,093 feet (2772 m)
Isolation	671 miles (1079 km)
Listing	North America highest peaks 27th; North America prominent peaks 23rd; North America isolated peaks 8th; US highest major peaks 14th; U.S. state high points 3rd; Colorado highest major peaks 1st; Colorado fourteeners 1st; Colorado county high points 1st;
Coordinates	39°07′03.9″N 106°26′43.2″W / 39.117750°N 106.445333°W
Naming
Etymology	Samuel Hitt Elbert
Geography
	Mount Elbert Colorado
Location	High point of Lake County and the State of Colorado, U.S.
Parent range	Highest summit of the; Rocky Mountains,; Southern Rocky Mountains,; Sawatch Range,; and Elbert Massif
Topo map	USGS 7.5' topographic map; Mount Elbert, Colorado
Climbing
First ascent	1874 by Henry W. Stuckle
Easiest route	Northeast Ridge: Hike, class 1

Mount Elbert is the highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America. With an elevation of 14,440 feet (4401.2 m), it is also the highest point in the U.S. state of Colorado and the second-highest summit in the contiguous United States after Mount Whitney, which is slightly taller. The ultra-prominent fourteener is the highest peak in the Sawatch Range, as well as the highest point in the entire Mississippi River drainage basin. Mount Elbert is located in San Isabel National Forest, 12.1 miles (19.4 km) southwest (bearing 223°) of the city of Leadville in Lake County, Colorado.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[a]

The mountain was named in honor of a Colorado statesman, Samuel Hitt Elbert, who was active in the formative period of the state and Governor of the Territory of Colorado from 1873 to 1874. Henry W. Stuckle of the Hayden Survey was the first to record an ascent of the peak, in 1874. The easiest and most popular climbing routes are categorized as Class 1 to 2 or A+ in mountaineering parlance. Mount Elbert is therefore often referred to as the "gentle giant" that tops all others in the Rocky Mountains.

^ ^a ^b ^c "MOUNT ELBERT". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Mount Elbert, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Mount Elbert". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
^ "Mt. Elbert Routes". 14ers.com.

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[NGS-1] "MOUNT ELBERT". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2023.

[PB-2] "Mount Elbert, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved December 30, 2015.

[GNIS-3] "Mount Elbert". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 14, 2014.

[4] "Mt. Elbert Routes". 14ers.com.

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