Mount Elbert

Mount Elbert
Mount Elbert seen from Turquoise Lake
Highest point
Elevation	14,427 ft (4397 m)[1] NAVD88
Prominence	9093 ft (2772 m)[2]
Coordinates	39°07′04″N 106°26′43″W / 39.1177508°N 106.4453584°W / 39.1177508; -106.4453584[1]
Naming
Etymology	Samuel Hitt Elbert
Geography
Mount Elbert Colorado
Location	Lake County, Colorado, U.S.[2]
Parent range	Highest summit of the Rocky Mountains, Southern Rocky Mountains, and Sawatch Range.[2]
Topo map	USGS 7.5' topographic map Mount Elbert, Colorado[1]
Climbing
First ascent	1874 by Henry W. Stuckle
Easiest route	trail hike (class 1)

Mount Elbert is a mountain in the state of Colorado in the United States. It is about 14,427 feet (4397m) high.^[1] It is the tallest mountain of the Rocky Mountains. Mount Elbert is the fourteenth-highest mountain in the United States, and the second-highest in the contiguous United States.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} "Mount Elbert". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} "Mount Elbert, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved December 30, 2015.