Mt Elbert Colorado - 14,433 feet - 4400 meters
2nd tallest mountain in continental U.S.
Photos from a July 2004 hike
![mt elbert Colorado 2004](https://www.ronwalker.org/north_america/climb_mt_elbert_colorado_2004/mt_elbert.jpg)
View of Mt. Elbert outside Leadville, Colorado. Leadville is around 10,100 feet in elevation
![trees mt elbert colorado 2004](https://www.ronwalker.org/north_america/climb_mt_elbert_colorado_2004/forest.jpg)
The trail begins in an aspen forest
![above the treeline mt elbert colorado 2004](https://www.ronwalker.org/north_america/climb_mt_elbert_colorado_2004/above_treeline.jpg)
Above treeline - Mt. Elbert is on the right
![climbing up mt elbert colorado 2004](https://www.ronwalker.org/north_america/climb_mt_elbert_colorado_2004/getting_closer.jpg)
Getting closer
![Twin Lakes mt elbert colorado 2004](https://www.ronwalker.org/north_america/climb_mt_elbert_colorado_2004/twin_lakes.jpg)
Twin Lakes
![last 400 feet mt elbert colorado 2004](https://www.ronwalker.org/north_america/climb_mt_elbert_colorado_2004/final_push.jpg)
The final 400 feet to the summit
![top summit mt elbert colorado 2004](https://www.ronwalker.org/north_america/climb_mt_elbert_colorado_2004/summit.jpg)
The Mt. Elbert summit is crowded on a saturday in July
![mt elbert summit view colorado 2004](https://www.ronwalker.org/north_america/climb_mt_elbert_colorado_2004/mt_elbert_summit_view.jpg)
View from the top of Mt Elbert
![mt elbert dog drinking colorado 2004](https://www.ronwalker.org/north_america/climb_mt_elbert_colorado_2004/dogs_drink.jpg)