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COLORADO (AND CALIFORNIA) FOURTEENERS CLIMBING HISTORY
By Alan Silverstein
Last update: Aug 23, 2009 (Sep 26, 2019! Dec 16, 2023)
Climbs grouped by expeditions from home. Night climbs and nights spent
on top include "night" in the comments field. (See also the separate
"overnights" file I finally put together.) Summary follows.
KEY TO FIELDS:
NUM Peak number (for me), or:
s recognized sub-peak (see other list)
o other sub-peak (see other list)
m multiple-sub-peak extra peak (see other list)
b point in between (see other list)
r repeat climb of any type of peak
(preceded by number if second time on Fourteener; by a plus
sign if third or greater time on Fourteener)
p partial climb
c appended for California peaks
(key characters are always in column 3, so you can
summarize them with "expand | cut -c3 | countem")
ELEV Elevation of peak in feet, or elevation reached for partial
climbs. Plus ("+") if estimated from topo lines.
RG Range abbreviations:
Fr Front
Mo Mosquito
Sa Sawatch
El Elk
SC Sangre de Cristo
Cu Culebra
SJ San Juan
WM White Mountain (California)
Si Sierra (California)
GAIN Total elevation gain in the course of climbing the peak,
estimated conservatively from topo maps for the route actually
taken, from the starting point or saddle after previous peak.
Backpacking and re-gained height are included where appropriate.
Sometimes I took terrible routes!
CO Number of climbing companions, estimates in some cases. Zero
means I climbed alone (most of the way, anyway).
NUM DATE DAY ELEV PEAK RG GAIN CO COMMENTS
=== ====== === ===== =================== == ==== == ====================
p 770703 Sun 13120 Longs Peak (Keyhole) Fr 3720 3 first climb in CO
1 770910 Sat 14255 Longs Peak Fr 5200 1 long, classic climb
2 771105 Sat 14148 Mount Democrat Mo 2350 2 nice, historic
s 771106 Sun 14238 Mount Cameron Mo 1740 2 just a high point
3 771106 Sun 14286 Mount Lincoln Mo 200 2 out on point; cloudy
4 771106 Sun 14172 Mount Bross Mo 330 2 flat expanse; cloudy
p 771125 Fri 12000? La Plata Peak Sa 2000 2 winter is no fun!
5 780715 Sat 14270 Grays Peak Fr 3230 4 dull hike, good view
6 780715 Sat 14267 Torreys Peak Fr 560 4 pointed pinnacle
7 780722 Sat 14269 Mount Antero Sa 1800 1 long easy hike; gems
8 780723 Sun 14036 Mount Sherman Mo 1160 1 easy hike; historic
9 780819 Sat 14433 Mount Elbert Sa 4680 1 romantic forests
b 780820 Sun 14400+ S Massive 1 / btwn Sa 40 3 hardly noticed it
10 780820 Sun 14421 Mount Massive Sa 4520 3 long day, thin ridge
11 780903 Sun 14060 Mount Bierstadt Fr 3560 0 easy, different
12 780910 Sun 14336 La Plata Peak Sa 4340 0 nice views, long
13 790623 Sat 14265 Quandary Peak Mo 3270 1 simple; fun glissade
14 790707 Sat 14197 Mount Belford Sa 4600 0 rounded, massive
15 790707 Sat 14153 Mount Oxford Sa 1110 0 easy, rounded, long
16 790805 Sun 14196 Mount Yale Sa 4350 0 nice pointy monolith
80 none
81 none
17 820724 Sat 14067 Missouri Mountain Sa 4070 0 long, tough, natural
p 820726 Mon 13000+ Mount Princeton Sa 3900 0 lousy route, weather
1r 820807 Sat 14255 Longs Peak Fr 5200 16 second time; +Meeker
83 none
18 840715 Sun 14005 Huron Peak Sa 3770 0 long, sharp, pretty
o 840729 Sun 14040+ W Tabeguache Peak Sa 40 0 on the ridge
b 840729 Sun 14040+?W Tabeguache / btwn Sa 0 0 on the ridge
19 840729 Sun 14155 Tabeguache Peak Sa 3760 0 long way, small peak
o 840729 Sun 14160+ NW Shavano Peak Sa 40 0 hardly noticed it
20 840729 Sun 14229 Shavano Peak Sa 550 0 great view, ridgetop
+r 840811 Sat 14255 Longs Peak Fr 5200 0 third time; at night
21 840825 Sat 14064 Humboldt Peak SC 4400 1 way in but easy
22 840902 Sun 14005 Mount o/t Holy Cross Sa 5530 0 awesome valley, peak
23 840909 Sun 14420 Mount Harvard Sa 4570 1 long way in, high up
24 840909 Sun 14073 Mount Columbia Sa 1050 1 long ridge high spot
25 840916 Sun 14197 Mount Princeton Sa 3160 1 massive, awesome
26 850701 Mon 14265 Castle Peak El 4470 0 hidden; fun up/down
p 850703 Wed 13753 Maroon Peak El 4510 0 long, dangerous solo
27 850728 Sun 14092 Snowmass Mountain El 5700 1 long haul in; easy
28 850810 Sat 14014 North Maroon Peak El 4760 1 technically tough
p 850811 Sun 10400 Castle Peak El 200 1 stopped, bad weather
29 850818 Sun 14264 Mount Evans Fr 1460 0 easy scramble
o 850818 Sun 14256 W Mount Evans Fr 140 0 easy scramble
o 850818 Sun 14160+ NW Mount Evans Fr 40 0 easy scramble
30 850824 Sat 14110 Pikes Peak Fr 4610 0 long, "different"
31 850831 Sat 14345 Blanca Peak SC 4450 4 wonderful view
32 850831 Sat 14042 Ellingwood Point SC 340 4 even better view
33 850901 Sun 14037 Little Bear Peak SC 2440 4 rugged steep climb
p 850907 Sat 12600 Mount Elbert Sa 1800 1 Lori; bad weather
2r 860608 Sun 14148 Mount Democrat Mo 2550 0 via SE ridge
p 860608 Sun 14200 Mount Cameron Mo 840 0 lightning near top
3r 860615 Sun 14286 Mount Lincoln Mo 2590 2 from Quartzville
r 860615 Sun 14238 Mount Cameron Mo 160 2 rounded, pitted
4r 860615 Sun 14172 Mount Bross Mo 330 2 boring...
34 860704 Fri 14156 Maroon Peak El 4920 2 long, via S ridge
s 860706 Sun 14022 Conundrum Peak El 3320 0 sunset WOW; night des
35 860714 Mon 14150 Mount Sneffels SJ 2650 0 solo, easy, pretty
36 860715 Tue 14014 San Luis Peak SJ 3500 0 night on top in rain
p 860717 Thu 12500 Wetterhorn Peak SJ 1900 0 late start, rain
37 860718 Fri 14015 Wetterhorn Peak SJ 3500 1 easier than it looks
38 860719 Sat 14309 Uncompahgre Peak SJ 2900 1 awesome north face
39 860720 Sun 14034 Redcloud Peak SJ 3630 1 tough orange scree
40 860720 Sun 14001 Sunshine Peak SJ 520 1 easy traverse
41 860721 Mon 14048 Handies Peak SJ 2730 1 nice up/down in snow
42 860723 Wed 14087 Windom Peak SJ 5880 2 nice climb, in snow
43 860723 Wed 14059 Sunlight Peak SJ 400 2 tough, in snow
44 860724 Thu 14084 Mount Eolus SJ 2680 2 very steep; view!
s 860724 Thu 14039 North Eolus SJ 230 2 easy scramble
45 860726 Sat 14246 Mount Wilson SJ 4450 3 tough, dangerous
46 860727 Sun 14017 Wilson Peak SJ 2800 3 good view; challenge
47 860816 Sat 14018 Pyramid Peak El 4540 2 tough last 1000'
48 860818 Mon 14130 Capitol Peak El 5830 0 unique, marvelous
p 860823 Sat 12800 Mount Lindsey SC 2400 1 wrong way; cloudy
49 860824 Sun 14047 Culebra Peak Cu 5650 0 long, foggy, dull
o 860825 Mon 14000+ NW Mount Lindsey SC 40 0 a quick sidetrip
50 860825 Mon 14042 Mount Lindsey SC 3750 0 poor trail, neat tho
51 860830 Sat 14165 Kit Carson Mountain SC 3900 3 big drop; great view
52 860831 Sun 14294 Crestone Peak SC 3250 0 tough SOB, nice peak
o 860831 Sun 14240+ E Crestone Peak 1 SC 80 0 quick sidetrip; view
53 860901 Mon 14197 Crestone Needle SC 2700 1 fun rock; cloudy
54 860907 Sun 14159 El Diente Peak SJ 4920 0 a tough finish
5r 870621 Sun 14265 Quandary Peak Mo 3245 0 night climb; sunrise!
o 870621 Sun 14160+ W Quandary 1 / 1 Mo 40 0 just down the ridge
m 870621 Sun 14160+ W Quandary 1 / 2 Mo 100 0 too tough past it
o 870627 Sat 14040+ SE Longs Peak Fr 4840 2 long haul, way up
r 870704 Sat 14022 Conundrum Peak El 260 0 side trip this time
o 870704 Sat 14040+ NE Conundrum Peak El 80 0 not sure it's higher
6r 870704 Sat 14265 Castle Peak El 1865 0 cold night on top
s 870719 Sun 14080+ Challenger Point SC 5350 4 put memorial plaque
7r 870808 Sat 14270 Grays Peak Fr 3070 2 pretty day, fun
8r 870808 Sat 14267 Torreys Peak Fr 560 2 down by NE ridge!
55c 870814 Fri 14246 White Mountain Peak WM 2840 0 long desert climb
pc 870815 Sat 14012 Mount Muir Si 400 0 explored in the dark
56c 870815 Sat 14495 Mount Whitney Si 6730 0 great night on top
pc 870816 Sun 14012 Mount Muir Si 200 0 tried again; too hard
s 870830 Sun 14132 S Massive 2 Sa 3860 0 start of ridge-run
o 870830 Sun 14280+ S Massive 1, S Sa 400 0 one of many pinnacles
m 870830 Sun 14280+ S Massive 1, N Sa 40 0 likewise
r 870830 Sun 14400+ S Massive 1 / btwn Sa 160 0 just a small rise
9r 870830 Sun 14421 Mount Massive Sa 60 0 nine years later...
b 870830 Sun 14400+ N Massive 1 / btwn 1 Sa 40 0 first drop
b 870830 Sun 14320+ N Massive 1 / btwn 2 Sa 40 0 second drop
o 870830 Sun 14280+ N Massive 1 Sa 120 0 short uphill, rounded
b 870830 Sun 14160+ N Massive 2 / btwn 1 Sa 120 0 steep boulders
b 870830 Sun 14120+ N Massive 2 / btwn 2 Sa 40 0 smaller pyramid
b 870830 Sun 14160+ N Massive 2 / btwn 3 Sa 80 0 just a little knob
b 870830 Sun 14320+ N Massive 2 / btwn 4 Sa 200 0 major, craggy subpeak
s 870830 Sun 14320+ N Massive 2 Sa 40 0 large, colorful top
o 870830 Sun 14169 N Massive 3 Sa 50 0 hump, long way north
o 870830 Sun 14000+ N Massive 4 Sa 40 0 hump, just over 14K
o 870906 Sun 14000+ N Snowmass Mountain El 4550 0 ridge has "character"
10r 870906 Sun 14092 Snowmass Mountain El 120 5 steep from south
s 870908 Tue 14134 South Elbert Sa 3630 0 NW up pretty bowl
11r 870908 Tue 14433 Mount Elbert Sa 550 0 traverse from south
p 880619 Sun 14060 Mount Bierstadt Fr 500 0 gave up, back to bed
12r 880619 Sun 14060 Mount Bierstadt Fr 2710 2 late start, wet slog
13r 880702 Sat 14345 Blanca Peak SC 3960 2 wonderful view, again
14r 880702 Sat 14042 Ellingwood Point SC 460 2 descend hard W ridge
15r 880703 Sun 14037 Little Bear Peak SC 2500 2 hardest climb ever!
16r 880705 Tue 14150 Mount Sneffels SJ 2350 0 cold night on top
o 880706 Wed 14040+ E Mount Sneffels SJ 40 0 hard, up from cut
17r 880707 Thu 14048 Handies Peak SJ 2730 0 night up; sunrise WOW
18r 880708 Fri 14015 Wetterhorn Peak SJ 3215 0 via SE ridge direct
19r 880806 Sat 14005 Mount o/t Holy Cross Sa 5445 1 cloudy, rainy, lovely
20r 880903 Sat 14036 Mount Sherman Mo 2000 0 cold night on top
+r 890604 Sun 14265 Quandary Peak Mo 3345 6 third time; at night!
21r 890701 Sat 14269 Mount Antero Sa 700 1 half hour from Jeep
22r 890701 Sat 14197 Mount Princeton Sa 2500 0 clear night on top
23r 890703 Mon 14005 Huron Peak Sa 2550 1 gorgeous day
24r 890828 Mon 14309 Uncompahgre Peak SJ 2830 0 lovely night on top
r 890831 Thu 14080+ Challenger Point SC 5220 1 put memorial plaque
25r 890831 Thu 14165 Kit Carson Mountain SC 850 1 easier from CP
26r 890903 Sun 14197 Crestone Needle SC 5780 1 long, fun from west
p 890917 Sun 12640 Missouri Mountain Sa 3000 4 Sherry tired out
27r 900602 Sat 14264 Mount Evans Fr 1440 1 tough eve snow climb
+r 900616 Sat 14265 Quandary Peak Mo 2565 1 from dam; 11 min ride
+r 900617 Sun 14148 Mount Democrat Mo 2270 1 up trail with Sherry
r 900617 Sun 14238 Mount Cameron Mo 880 1 slogged up and over
+r 900617 Sun 14286 Mount Lincoln Mo 200 1 very pretty, late day
+r 900617 Sun 14172 Mount Bross Mo 330 1 left top at 1915
+r 900704 Wed 14433 Mount Elbert Sa 3950 1 night on top w/ Sherry
+r 900706 Fri 14265 Castle Peak El 1670 1 night on top w/ Sherry
+r 900827 Mon 14255 Longs Peak Fr 5200 0 fourth time; Bldrfld
p 901007 Sun 13700 Tabeguache Peak Sa 3200 1 wintry; Sherry ill
p 910803 Sat 12000 Mount Yale Sa 2150 1 gave up, monsoon rain
p 910818 Sun 13660 Capitol Peak El 5400 4 near-fatal fall on K2
92 none
28r 930814 Sat 14336 La Plata Peak Sa 4340 1 night on top w/ Beiser
p 930829 Sun 14036 Mount Sherman Mo 800 1 Megan couldn't
p 930912 Sun 14433 Mount Elbert Sa 1400 2 timberline, Megan +
29r 940731 Sun 14197 Mount Belford Sa 4600 1 night on top w/ M.R.
30r 940801 Mon 14153 Mount Oxford Sa 700 1 visited at sunrise
o 940801 Mon 14000+ SW Mount Oxford Sa 40 1 small bump
31r 940803 Wed 14067 Missouri Mountain Sa 2800 0 CMC camp => rock rib
o 940803 Wed 14000+ NE Missouri Mountain Sa 40 0 quick steep scramble
m 940803 Wed 14000+ NE Missouri Mountain Sa 40 0 quick steep scramble
95 none
32r 960512 Sun 14229 Shavano Peak Sa 4430 0 via Angel, awesome wx
+r 960609 Sat 14265 Quandary Peak Mo 3500 4 lots of snow, nice wx
+r 960817 Sat 14270 Grays Peak Fr 3030 1 overnight, 3:55 up
+r 960818 Sat 14267 Torreys Peak Fr 560 1 relaxing morning
97 none
33r 980813 Thu 14014 San Luis Peak SJ 3600 1 backpack, Kath, dogs
+r 980814 Fri 14048 Handies Peak SJ 2900 1 afternoon, sweet, rain
34r 980817 Sun 14034 Redcloud Peak SJ 3630 1 around main trail
35r 980817 Sun 14001 Sunshine Peak SJ 520 1 down NW face; agate!
99 none
00 none
36r 010921 Fri 14196 Mount Yale Sa 4350 1 gorgeous fall day
r 020630 Sun 14040+ W Tabeguache Peak Sa 40 0 on the ridge
r 020630 Sun 14040+?W Tabeguache / btwn Sa 0 0 on the ridge
37r 020630 Sun 14155 Tabeguache Peak Sa 3760 0 via Jennings trail
r 020630 Sun 14160+ NW Shavano Peak Sa 40 0 didn't think about it
+r 020630 Sun 14229 Shavano Peak Sa 550 0 whew! worn out
p 030902 Tue 13000 Longs Peak (BouldrF) Fr 3595 3 food poisoning
04 none
05 none
06 none
+r 070616 Sat 14265 Castle Peak El 2465 1 Mark Hammer; snowy
+r 070616 Sat 14022 Conundrum Peak El 260 1 side trip
08 none
38r 090821 Fri 14014 North Maroon Peak El 4760 0 "by accident" w/ MarkH
39r 090822 Sat 14018 Pyramid Peak El 4540 3 tough last 1000' again
10 none
11 none
12 none
13 none
14 none
15 none
16 none
17 none
+r 180628 Thu 14036 Mount Sherman Mo 2200 0 van at 11,840' w/ CG
+r 180731 Wed 14148 Mount Democrat Mo 2130 0 via L Emma + SE ridge
+r 180929 Sat 14265 Quandary Peak Mo 3445 1 trail u/d, Don Rowlett
+r 190913 Fri 14440 Mount Elbert Sa 4400 1 NE trail with Don
+r 190925 Sat 14278 Grays Peak Fr 3030 1 with Don, lovely day
+r 190925 Sat 14275 Torreys Peak Fr 560 1 mtn goats, hard finish
--------------------
FOURTEENERS CLIMBED 3+ TIMES (as of 190913)
(success only, meaning at least one "+r")
COUNT FIRST PEAK
6 790623 Quandary
4 770910 Longs
4 771105 Democrat
4 780715 Grays
4 780715 Torreys
4 780819 Elbert
4 850701 Castle
3 771106 Bross
3 771106 Lincoln
3 780723 Sherman
3 840729 Shavano
3 860721 Handies
--------------------
SUMMARY THROUGH 090822:
Total Climbed Not yet
Main peaks 54 54 0
Recognized sub-peaks (s) 7 7 0
Other sub-peaks (o) 33 17 16
Multiple-sub-peak extras (m) 9 3 6
Points in between (b) 12 8 4
Repeat climbs (r) . 63 .
Partial climbs (p) . 17 .
California main peaks (c) 15 2 13
California partial climbs (pc) . 2 .
Total entries above: 171
Keep the above consistent with subpeaks.sc. Recreate "Climbed" numbers
by "rmnl | grep -v ' none' | cut -c3-4 | countem" on above data.
---
SUMMARY THROUGH COLORADO FOURTEENER #54
All peaks Less r & p
Peaks 81 66
Elevation gain 222,500 185,200
Average gain 2747 2806
Climbing years 6 5 (reclimbed first 4)
Climbing days 59 47
Expeditions from home 36 29
Companions: 0 1 2 3 4 16 Total
All peaks 35 20 14 6 5 1 81
percent 43 25 17 7 6 1 100%
Less r & p 29 17 10 5 5 0 66
percent 44 26 15 8 8 0 100%
Earliest and latest dates:
All peaks 0608 1125
Less r & p 0623 1106
Climbing months: 06 07 08 09 11 Total
All peaks 6 35 24 11 5 81
percent 7 43 30 14 6 100%
Less r & p 1 31 20 10 4 66
percent 2 47 30 15 6 100%
Climbing days: Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Total
All peaks 24 7 1 2 2 3 20 59
percent 41 12 2 3 3 5 34 100%
Less r & p 20 6 1 1 1 2 16 47
percent 43 13 2 2 2 4 34 100%
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From: Alan Silverstein <ajs@silgro.com>
Date: 22 Oct 2018 22:18:06 -0600
Subject: FYI Fourteener statistics
To: (friend Don)
...The attached text file... the first climbs of peaks 1-54 during
770910-860907. Note how the vast majority were on weekends while I was
working. Also note the low number (200') for #3 = Mount Lincoln, maybe
an error, or maybe I discounted climbing back from from camp the next
morning after Democrat... But, whatever.
From that file I manually deleted second-peaks on any given day, which
was easy, leaving 46 climbing days; then extracted elevations, sorted
numerically, and got:
average: 3795
std dev: 1261
Yikes! Higher than I would have guessed, about 3800' for each initial
peak, 46 out of 54 of them. And some of those climbs were "cheating"
because I didn't follow the "3000 foot rule" that some people asserted
later. ("I don't care." :-)
More data:
min: 1160 (ignoring Lincoln) on Mount Sherman, drove high up?
median: 3900 higher than the average! wow!
max: 5880 Windom Peak, but see below
Windom isn't wrong, but it must be all the way from the
Durango-Silverton train stop at Needleton, including ~6 miles
backpacking into camp! ...
(Next trip report: 1977_0703_FourteenerSubpeaks.htm)