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Mount Elbert
- Easiest route
- 7.8 km+1,340 m · about 4 h · T4
- Prominence
- 2,765 m9,072 ft
- Tonight
- 25°FFair · Wind 5–10 mph SW
Mount Elbert is a 4,401 m (14,439 ft) mountain in the Sawatch Range, Colorado, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 4,401 m · 14,439 ft
- Range
- Sawatch Range
- Region
- Colorado, United States
- Protected area
- San Isabel National Forest
- Spanish name
- Monte Elbert
- Coordinates
- 39.1177° N, 106.4453° W
How to get to the top of Mount Elbert
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 4.7 km NE of Mount Elbert
- Distance
- 7.8 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,340 m−11 m (4,396 ft up)
- Time up
- about 4 h
- Difficulty
- T4Alpine: faint path, hands needed in places
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mount Elbert 3D map
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Mount Elbert terrain and contours
100 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Mount Elbert weather
Tonight · Fair · 25°F (-4°C) · 10% chance of precipitation · Wind 5–10 mph SW
Mount Elbert forecast for the summit, about 4,043 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 3,147 m.
- Tonight25°10%5–10 mph SWBase 30°
- Sat24°28°79%5–15 mph SEBase 31 / 41°
- Sun21°29°60%5–15 mph SSEBase 27 / 43°
- Mon20°30°10%10 mph WBase 24 / 44°
- Tue21°33°6%10–15 mph SWBase 26 / 46°
- Wed21°32°3%15 mph WSWBase 26 / 46°
- Thu23°33°9%10 mph SWBase 28 / 46°
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 00:06 UTC.
Camping & parking near Mount Elbert
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Elbert, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
3.7 km NNW
Nearest parking
North Halfmoon Creek Trailhead
Nearest trailhead
North Halfmoon Lakes Trailhead
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Campsite | 3.7 km NNW |
| Campsite | 3.7 km N |
| Campsite | 3.7 km N |
| Parking | 4.3 km NNW |
| North Halfmoon Creek TrailheadParking | 4.3 km NNW |
| North Halfmoon Lakes TrailheadTrailhead | 4.3 km NNW |
| Mount Massive TrailheadParking | 4.4 km NNE |
| Mount Elbert TrailheadTrailhead | 4.6 km ESE |
How steep is the route to Mount Elbert?
The easiest mapped route, 7.8 km from 3,066 m to 4,401 m. Steepest stretch: 21°.
- 0–15°6.5 km
- 15–30°1.3 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 80 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 7.5 km, measured from the Mount Elbert summit.
Summit list 7
- 1Bull Hill4,183 m 2.5 km SW
- 2Mount Cosgriff4,135 m 2.9 km SE
- 3French Mountain4,234 m 3.4 km WNW
- 4Casco Peak4,237 m 4.2 km W
- 5Parry Peak3,863 m 4.6 km SE
- 6Monitor Rock3,191 m 4.9 km S
- 7Mount Champion4,154 m 6.8 km WNW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 7.5 km; 436 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Canada Jay62
- Yellow-bellied Marmot62
- Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel53
- Quaking aspen49
- White-tailed Ptarmigan45
- Fireweed44
Where Mount Elbert sits
- Region
- Colorado59United States932North America1,313
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Mount MassivePeak · 4,395 m↑8.2 km NNW
La Plata Peak4,369 m↑10 km SSW
Independence Pass3,689 m↑10 km W
Mount HarvardPeak · 4,391 m↑24 km SSE
Fremont Pass3,450 m↑36 km NE
More in the Sawatch Range 1
Mount Elbert downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 4,400 m at the summit; the official height is 4,401 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 4,401 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP lidar | 4,401 m | -0 m |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 4,400 m | -1 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 4,396 m | -5 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 4,381 m | -20 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024 (scene 2024-09-12)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- 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