Fourteeners are mountains whose summits are over 14,000’ – Each one is a different climbing experience.
Here are their stories.
The Toughest
Capitol Peak: The King of Them All
Little Bear Peak – the Bad Boy
Caught in a Thunderstorm
Mt Harvard and Columbia – thunderstorm in a tent
Storm forecasting – Mt Shavano
Indian Lore
Blanca Peak – The Chief’s Headdress
Animal Contact
North Maroon Peak – Amazing Goat on Summit
Big Horn Sheep – Ellingwood Pt
Fun Stories
Full moon climb – Mt Belford & Mt Oxford
Kit Carson Peak and Challenger Point
Glissading – Castle Peak and Conundrum Peak
Blanca Peak – Eagle Feathers for Chief Headdress
Pikes Peak – my final fourteener
Sunlight Peak and the Durango & Silverton steam locomotive
Other Challenging Climbs
Longs Peak – the deadliest of them all
Windom Peak – 4 tries and a cool summit
Wilson Peak – iconic from Telluride
The Sawtooth from Beirstadt to Mt Evans
The Easiest Climbs
Culebra Peak – Stations of the Cross
Some Challenging Thirteeners
Climbs with a Small Dog (Emme)
Mountain Boy – first one with Emme