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Longs Peak

4,345 m14,255 ft

Easiest route: 12.9 km+1,714 m · about 6 h · T4
Prominence: 897 m2,944 ft
Isolation: 70 km
Tonight: 27°FFair · Wind 10–15 mph SW

Longs Peak is a 4,345 m (14,255 ft) mountain in the Front Range, Colorado, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 4,345 m · 14,255 ft
Nearest higher peak: Torreys Peak (4,349 m)
Range: Front Range
Region: Colorado, United States
Protected area: Rocky Mountain National Park
Coordinates: 40.2550° N, 105.6151° W

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Route

How to get to the top of Longs Peak

3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

Easiest route: from Bierstadt Lake/Storm Pass Trailhead (trailhead)

Distance: 12.9 kmone way
Climb: +1,714 m−65 m (5,623 ft up)
Time up: about 6 h
Difficulty: T4Alpine: faint path, hands needed in places

Longs Peak elevation profile

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Other routes 2

Lily Lake Trailhead (trailhead)17.6 km · +1,943 m · about 7.5 h
T4GPX KML
Bierstadt Lake Trailhead (trailhead)19.9 km · +1,885 m · about 8 h
T4GPX KML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Longs Peak 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Longs Peak terrain and contours

100 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Bierstadt Lake/Storm Pass Trailhead. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Longs Peak weather

Tonight · Fair · 27°F (-3°C) · 4% chance of precipitation · Wind 10–15 mph SW

Longs Peak forecast for the summit, about 3,962 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,811 m.

Tonight27°4%10–15 mph SWBase 37°
Sat24°31°33%10–18 mph SEBase 33 / 41°
Sun25°32°73%9 mph ESEBase 34 / 49°
Mon25°31°37%6–12 mph WBase 33 / 46°
Tue25°35°11%8–20 mph WSWBase 33 / 50°
Wed24°33°5%6–22 mph WSWBase 33 / 49°
Thu26°34°5%6–15 mph WSWBase 34 / 50°

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:46 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Longs Peak

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Longs Peak, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest campsite
Boulderfield
1.0 km N · +2 more within 3.6 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
Longs Peak Trailhead
5.3 km ENE · +2 more within 6.5 km
Directions Map
Nearest trailhead
Glacier Gorge Trailhead
6.5 km NNW · +2 more within 6.9 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
BoulderfieldCampsite	1.0 km N
Battle Mountain Group SiteCampsite	3.3 km NE
Glacier GorgeCampsite	3.6 km NW
Longs Peak TrailheadParking	5.3 km ENE
Parking	5.3 km ENE
Glacier Gorge TrailheadTrailhead	6.5 km NNW
Parking	6.5 km E
Wild Basin TrailheadTrailhead	6.7 km SE
Bear Lake TrailheadTrailhead	6.9 km NNW

Slope

How steep is the route to Longs Peak?

The easiest mapped route, 12.9 km from 2,692 m to 4,345 m. Steepest stretch: 33°.

0 km · 2,692 m12.9 km · 4,345 m

0–15°11.7 km
15–30°1.1 km
30–45°0.2 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 130 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 48.5%Bare rock / sparse 26.7%Moss & lichen 12.9%Grassland 10.2%Water 0.9%Shrubland 0.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 5 km, measured from the Longs Peak summit.

Summit list 9

1Ships Prow Tower4,074 m 0.7 km ESE
2Mount Meeker4,227 m 1.1 km SE
3Pagoda Mountain4,082 m 1.1 km WSW
4Mount Lady Washington4,037 m 1.2 km NE
5Storm Peak4,060 m 1.3 km NNW
6Chiefs Head Peak4,121 m 2.3 km WSW
7McHenrys Peak4,036 m 3.7 km WNW
8Powell Peak4,016 m 4.4 km WNW
9Mount Alice4,048 m 4.5 km WSW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5 km; 379 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Blue columbine129
Yellow-bellied Marmot89
Western roseroot77
Monument plant76
Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel67
Whipple's penstemon60

Where it sits

Where Longs Peak sits

Ranked in 1

#5 Treks and hikes in United States

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Kawuneeche Valley2,628 m24 km WNW

Longs Peak downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGLongs Peak satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2024-07-29.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXLongs Peak GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 4,344 m at the summit; the official height is 4,345 m.

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	4,345 m	—
USGS 3DEP lidar	4,345 m	-0 m
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	4,344 m	-1 m
Copernicus GLO-30	4,341 m	-4 m
Copernicus GLO-90	4,335 m	-10 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024 (scene 2024-07-29)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Longs Peak

Easiest route: from Bierstadt Lake/Storm Pass Trailhead (trailhead)

West → east through the summit

Nearest campsite

Nearest parking

Nearest trailhead

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