[NOTE: For a summer report on this climb, see 14er Report #5: Quandary Peak.]
Looking for a good first winter 14er? Try Quandary Peak.
The trailhead is accessible all winter long and the round...
[If you are the videographer I spoke to on Quandary, leave a comment or e-mail me with your website address. Hope you had a great climb!]
Quandary Peak is a great choice for the 14er...
"Oh, I'm bein' followed by a moonshadow, moon shadow, moonshadow...Leapin and hoppin' on a moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow..."
--Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam), Moonshadow...
"Capitol, has been called Colorado's hardest Fourteener. Many dispute that claim, but Capitol is certainly one of the hardest."
--Gerry Roach, in Colorado's...
On a short break for a bit of skiing...and I have been taking the unavoidable opportunity to admire the surrounding peaks, all dressed in white.
They look quite different from these new (to me) angles,...
It's always farther than it looks, taller than it looks, and harder than it looks. (The three rules of climbing mountains. In the case of Elbert, the first two definitely apply.)
Full-on...
Low hanging fruit, you ask? Well, this loop really is a very quick way to summit up to five named points that measure above 14,000 feet above sea level. For someone looking for easy 14er...
On a return flight from Tucson to Denver, we happened to be at the just the right place over Colorado (and I happened to have a window seat on the correct side of the plane!) to make the above...