Jonathan Vigh's Colorado 14'er Trip Report Index

This page features all of my Colorado 14'er trip reports. Not only have I committed myself to the insane task of climbing all these peaks - I've also decided that each trip deserves a quality trip report - otherwise I'll never be able to keep all of the stories and peaks straight. As you will soon see, I'm quite behind in the reports department. Once I've climbed a peak (and eventually get around to writing it up), I'll add narratives, pictures, maps, and route information in a detailed trip report as time permits. A green link indicates that the trip report is complete. A yellow link indicates that the report has some limited information, but has not been completed. A red link indicates that the link is just to a stub page. Clicking on a picture will take you to the trip report associated with that picture. * indicates that this peak was climbed along with one or more other peaks that day -- only the mileage and vertical associated specifically with this peak is listed here.

There has been considerable debate as to what constitutes an official 14'er. Generally, some sort of objective separation criterion to obtain a list of peaks. One logical criterion is that to be ranked, a peak must rise at least 300 feet above its highest connecting saddle to a higher ranked peak. I am using Gerry Roach's list (see his book: Colorado's 14'ers: From Hikes to Climbs), which uses this criterion. Two of the 14'ers on his list do not meet this criterion, El Diente Peak and North Maroon Peak.

Most recent trip reports

Crestone Peak, May 24-27, 2007 Posted January 11, 2009

Rank	Peak	Elevation (ft)	A selected picture from one of the reports	Dates Climbed	Route(s) Taken and Grade	Highest classification on route taken	Round-trip Distance (miles)	Total Elevation Gained (ft)
1	Mount Elbert	14,433		August 4, 2001	up via a north-facing couloir, down on 10.1 Northeast Ridge II	2	7.0	4,400
2	Mount Massive	14,421		July 6, 2002	9.4 West Slopes II	2	9.6	4,450
3	Mount Harvard	14.420		June 30, 2002 May 30, 2005	14.1 South Slopes II 14.7 Harvard and Columbia Combination II	2 2	12.6 6.3* (up)	4,550 4,550
4	Blanca Peak	14,345		July 2-3,1999 June 28-29, 2003	20.1 Northwest Face III 20.9V Blanca and Ellingwood Combo III	2 3	15.6 18.0	6,645 7,700
5	La Plata Peak	14,336		August 4, 2002 August 23, 2008	11.1 Northwest Ridge II 11.3 Southwest Ridgge II	2 2	9.0 9.6	4,300 3,960
6	Uncompahgre Peak	14,309		August 31, 2002	27.2 Southwest Slopes II	2	12.8	3,980
7	Crestone Peak	14,294		May 24-26,2007	19.2 Northwest Couloir II, Class 3, Steep Snow/Ice	3	13.6	7,550
8	Mount Lincoln	14,286	partially completed	July 11, 2004	6.1 West Ridge I, but started from Alma	2	17.4	4,100
9	Grays Peak	14,270		June 27, 1999 September 10, 2000	2.1 North Slopes II 2.15 Grays and Torreys Combination II	1 2	8.0 9.0	3,040 3,600
10	Mount Antero	14,269		August 7, 2005 June 23, 2007	17.1 West Slopes II 17.1 West Slopes II	2 2	11.2 7.7	3,485 2,500
11	Torreys Peak	14,267		September 10, 2000	2.15 Grays and Torreys Combination II	2	9.0	3,600
12	Castle Peak	14,265		July 1, 2006	25.1 Northwest Ridge II	2	10.2	4,200
13	Quandary Peak	14,265	partially completed	December 16, 2001	variation on 5.1 East Slopes II	1	8.3	3,500
14	Mount Evans	14,264		July 23, 2000 June 22, 2003	3.17 The Sawtooth II 5.2 Chicago Lakes II	3 2	9.7 14.0	3,840 4,600
15	Longs Peak	14,259*		1999 July 16, 2000 July 28, 2001 August 12, 2001 August 11, 2002 August 3, 2003 April 16-17, 2005 July 23, 2006 September 16, 2007	unsuccessful summit attempt 1.1 Keyhole II unsuccessful summit attempt 1.1 Keyhole II 1.2V The Camel, then 1.2 North Face II 1.1 Keyhole II 1.2 North Face II, 1.1 Keyhole II 1.1 Keyhole II 1.1 Keyhole II	3 3 5.4 3 5.4 3 3	15.0 15.0 13.0 15.0 14.2 15.0 15.0	5,000 5,000 4,850 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000
16	Mount Wilson	14,246		July 4, 2004	31.2 North Slopes II	4	9.5	3,250
17	Mount Shavano	14,229	partially completed	May 17, 2003 May 23, 2004	Ascent: 18.1 East Slopes II and off-trail, Descent: 18.2 Angel of Shavano Ascent: 18.1 East Slopes II, Descent: 18.2 Angel of Shavano	2 2	9.0 4.0* (down)	4,430 500
18	Mount Belford	14,197		June 27, 2004 June 18, 2005	13.1 West Slopes II Classic 13.10 Belford and Oxford Combination II	2 2	5.5* (up) 3.5* (down)	3,200 650
19	Crestone Needle	14,197		June 4, 2006	19.7 South Face II, (Cottonwood Creek Approach)	3	11.0	6,000
20	Mount Princeton	14,197		May 28, 2005 June 24, 2007	16.1 East Slopes II 16.1 East Slopes II	2 2	13.0 22.4	5,300 5,300?
21	Mount Yale	14,196		July 25, 2004	Ascent: 15.2 East Ridge II Classic	2	13.9	5,200
22	Mount Bross	14,172	partially completed	September 6, 2004	6.4 West Slopes I	2	6.5	3,015
23	Kit Carson Peak	14,165		June 3, 2006	19.18 West Ridge II (cont'd from Challenger Point)	3	5.8* (up)	6000
24	El Diente Peak	14,159		July 2, 2007	31.6 South Slopes II	3	12.0	4100
25	Maroon Peak	14,156		September 2, 2006	24.10 II Maroon and North Maroon Combination	4	7.9	6,400
26	Tabeguache Peak	14,155		May 23, 2004	18.8 Shavano/Tabeguache Combo II	2	6.8* (up)	4,910
27	Oxford Peak	14,153		June 18, 2005	13.10 Belford, Oxford Combination II	2	7.5* (up)	5,250
28	Mount Sneffels	14,150	partially completed	July 4, 2003	30.2 Southwest Ridge II	3	7.0	3,450
29	Mount Democrat	14,148	partially completed	June 14, 2003 August 12, 2007	6.7 East Ridge I 6.7 East Ridge I	2 2	13.0 4.4	3,500 2,200
30	Capitol Peak	14,130		July 2, 2006	22.1 Northeast Ridge II Classic	4	17.4	5,500
31	Pikes Peak	14,115		September 3, 2000 August 17, 2003 August 1, 2004 August 22, 2004 July 31, 2005 August 20, 2005 July 30, 2006 August 20, 2006 July 8, 2007 July 22, 2007 July 29, 2007 August 19, 2007 June 14, 2008	4.1 East Slopes III 4.1EC2 Pikes Peak Marathon III 4.1 East Slopes III (training run) 4.1EC2 Pikes Peak Marathon III 4.1 East Slopes III (training run) 4.1EC2 Pikes Peak Marathon III 4.1 East Slopes III (training run) 4.1EC2 Pikes Peak Marathon III 4.1 East Slopes III (training run) 4.1 East Slopes III (training run) 4.1 East Slopes III (only ascent + repeats) 4.1EC2 Pikes Peak Marathon III 4.1 East Slopes III	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1	24.0 26.21 26.2 26.2 26.2 26.21 26.4 26.4 26.4 26.4 17.3 26.21 24.8	7,400 7,815 7,855 7,815 7,855 7,815 7,900 7,815 7,900 7,900 9,400 7,815 7,700
32	Snowmass Mountain	14,092		July 24, 2005	23.1 East Slopes II	3	21.0	5,800
33	Mount Eolus	14,083	partially completed	July 2, 2005	29.1 Northeast Ridge III	3	19.0* (up)	7,800
34	Windom Peak	14,082		July 3, 2005	29.8 Windom and Sunlight Combination II	4	2.0 (up)	3,100
35	Challenger Point	14,081		June 26, 2005 (failed attempt) June 3, 2006 May 27-28, 2007	19.15 North Slopes II (Willow Creek approach) 19.15 North Slopes II (Willow Creek approach) Couloir on North Slope, West of Peak II (Willow Creek approach); moderate to steep snow	2+ 2+ 3	5.8* (down) 10.0	300 5,400
36	Mount Columbia	14,073		May 29, 2005	14.7 Harvard and Columbia Combination II	2	7.2* (down)	1,500
37	Missouri Mountain	14,067		June 27, 2004	13.5 Northwest Ridge II	2	8.5* (up)	4,450
38	Humboldt Peak	14,064		June 6, 2004	19.14 West Ridge II (South Colony Lakes approach)	2	14.4	4,564
39	Mount Bierstadt	14,060		July 23, 2000 June 9, 2003 July 9, 2006	3.13 West Slopes II 3.13 West Slopes II (with extra mileage) 3.13 West Slopes II (2.5 laps!)	2 2 2	3.0* (up) 15.0 16.58	2,770 3,900 6,500
40	Sunlight Peak	14,059		July 3, 2005	29.8 Windom and Sunlight Combination II	4	14.0* (down)	1,000
41	Handies Peak	14,048		September 1, 2002	29.10 West Slopes I	2	7.4	3,200
42	Culebra Peak	14,047		August 6, 2006	21.1 Northwest Ridge II	2	10.9	3,400
43	Ellingwood Point	14,042		June 28-29, 2003	20.9V Blanca and Ellingwood Combo III	3	18.0	7,700
44	Mount Lindsey	14,042		July 27-28, 2002 August 5, 2006	20.12V North Face II 20.12 North Face II	3 3 (off route)	7.8 11.9	3,400 4,000
45	Little Bear Peak	14,037		June 17, 2006	20.4 West Ridge III	4	21.6	7,700
46	Mount Sherman	14,036		September 8, 2002	7.2 East Ridge II	2	9.5	3,400
47	Redcloud Peak	14,034		July 5, 2003 July 3, 2007	28.8 Redcloud and Sunshine Combo, II 28.7 Redcloud and Sunshine Combo, II	2 2	6.0* (down) 4.3* (up)	700 3,650
48	Pyramid Peak	14,018		September 1, 2006	24.7 Northeast Ridge II, Class 4	4	7.5	4,650
49	Wilson Peak	14,017		July 3, 2004	31.1 West Ridge II	3	3.5	3,650
50	Wetterhorn Peak	14,015		August 31, 2003	27.4 Southeast Ridge II Classic	3	6.8	3,295
51	North Maroon Peak	14,014		September 3, 2006	24.4 Northeast Ridge II	4	7.0	4,700
52	San Luis Peak	14,014		July 1, 2007	26.2 South Ridge II	2	15.7	4,250
53	Mount of the Holy Cross	14,005		July 13, 2003	8.1 North Ridge II	2	12.0	5,600
54	Huron Peak	14,003		August 29, 2004	12.1 Northwest Slopes II	2	5.5	3,447
55	Sunshine Peak	14,001		July 5, 2003 July 3, 2007	28.8 Redcloud and Sunshine Combo, II 28.7 Redcloud and Sunshine Combo, II	2 2	3.8* (up) 7.7* (down)	3,600 1,050

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