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fourteener
8 Porch Notes tagged “fourteener,” from counties across Colorado.
Outdoors and wildfire - Lake County
Two main trailheads reach Mount Elbert, and they start in different places
Mount Elbert has a North and a South trailhead off different roads south of Leadville, and knowing which one you want saves a long, confusing drive.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Costilla County
Climbing Culebra Peak means booking a date and paying the ranch first
Culebra Peak, a 14,047-foot summit in Costilla County, sits on the private Cielo Vista Ranch and can only be climbed by advance reservation for a per-person fee on set days.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Clear Creek County
Mount Bierstadt is the 14er most people reach from Guanella Pass
Mount Bierstadt, a 14,000-foot peak in the Mount Evans Wilderness, is climbed from the Bierstadt Trailhead on the Guanella Pass road south of Georgetown.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Alamosa County
Blanca Peak and the rough road to Lake Como
Blanca Peak rises on Alamosa County's eastern edge, and the Forest Service describes the jeep road to its Lake Como trailhead as extremely rough and rocky, so most people walk it.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Clear Creek County
Grays and Torreys are two 14ers reached by one rough road
Grays and Torreys Peaks, a pair of 14,000-foot summits on the Continental Divide, are climbed from the Stevens Gulch trailhead reached by a rough road from Bakerville off I-70.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Costilla County
Reaching Blanca Peak means walking or crawling up the Lake Como road
Blanca Peak, one of Colorado's highest summits, is reached from a trailhead off Highway 150 where a rough jeep road to Lake Como turns back most vehicles.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - San Miguel County
Wilson Peak is reached from the Rock of Ages trailhead, up a long mountain road
The standard route up Wilson Peak west of Telluride starts at the Rock of Ages trailhead, reached by county roads and a forest road off Highway 145, and tops out as a serious Class 3 fourteener climb.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Gunnison County
Castle Peak is reached from Brush Creek Road near Crested Butte
Castle Peak, a high Elk Mountains summit, is approached from the Gunnison County side up Brush Creek Road and into Cumberland Basin, on a long backcountry route.
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