[ ALIVE [ Article MOST LIKELY TO HAVE A HIGHWArticleAY TO THEALIVE TOP TALLEST Pikes Peak (near Colorado Springs) and Mt. Evans A FEW INTERESTING (near Idaho Springs) both have incredibly scenic Mt. Elbert at 14,440 and winding roads that go to the tippy top. WHAT IS A OURTEENER? southwest of Leadville MOST POSTCARDED A peak that rises 14,000 feet or more above sea level. Colorado is PEAKS AMONG THE home to more of these than any other state. (Alaska has 22; California Thousands k eep them clean sum e one on pr that Bef VE NO TRACEafter has 12; Washington has 1) xtr CROWD staying epa WHO DO the subject, r eme or SHORTEST Sunshine Peak at 14,001 LEA wildlife. mit y c ou ra limbinge you go skip you gr ar and Mt.Mar Snef tion. near Lake City aphed epeaks likely in bef ha climb weather, oon P ve on by or Pick See e the these Mt. Bierstadt near Idaho packing EASIEST TO HIKE designated eak near our the most photo a esear and fternoon lev up YOU THINK Springs is often recognized as the perfect lnt.org fels near head ping up a mountainside, el peaks fourteener ch yourone starter fourteener, followed by Grays Peak in tact for of out the state. Aspen up fitness to tackle,of and Torreys Peak near lightning c for Our an tr anything earl the Keystone. r ails - oute and mak ay be -HAVE ITEMS more s y plentiful MUST those NUMBER OF FOURTEENERS Several vie for each and — danger HARDEST Layers of clothing storms this title — Capitol and YOU inf you r who Peak, Little Bear, ormation.especting year guide ous pr Hiking shoes be re pack epa e sur Mt. Wilson, IN COLORADO: kick member c . of without ARE? ome Help 58 books Sunlight Peak. re Extra food and water The above number is passionately debated f e it’ in, up. the fo r s (Doesn’t imagining us arguing about mountains First-aid kit confirm your stereotypes about Coloradans?). The stalwart 54 camp (of which we are not Map/GPS device/compass MOST OFTEN SEEN members) says peaks that do not rise more than Sunglasses and sunscreen ON A BEER CAN 300 feet above Pikes Peak inspired Kathy Lee Bates to pen Mt. of the Holy Cross near Vail got its name from the 14,017-foot Wilson Peak a saddle — a pathway HOLIER THAN THOU near Telluride was the MOST INSPIRED “America The Beautiful.” cross-shaped snowfield on one of its faces. inspiration for the peak between peaks — that on cans of Coors Light. MOST BOASTFUL Mt. Massive near Leadville “has five connects it to another fourteener should not be counted. Those ad summits above 14,000 feet … If Massive re who believe they should, count 58 fourteeners within our borders. to were truncated at 14,000 feet, the om s area of the resulting plateau apher’l to andall.cgr ormation THIRTEENERS ARE COOL, TOO! would be nearly half a nr aph al s.org square mile!”* r route inf We have more than 700 peaks that clock in between 13,000 and 13,999 feet. See glen s at sunrise. to photogr om fo Wetterhorn Peak near Lake about one photo s.c The trailheads for Mt. Eolus, Sunlight Peak and Windom Peak MOST SWISS SUNRISEquest e our peaks. MOST FUN TO REACH BY TRAIN City rises nearly 2,000 feet ourteener by Gerry in the southwest’s Weminuche Wilderness can be reached via the Durango & Silverton Railroad, which 58 f pertinenteserv details and 14ere guides. higher than the Swiss peak for to pr will drop you off one afternoon and pick you up when you’re ready to get back to civilization. For those Check out 14erw which it was named due to and other wanting the full fourteener experience without all that pesky hiking, there’s a cog railroad that will take learn ho s U.S. similarities in shape. the most definitiv you to the top of Pikes Peak. egion’ s road, weather RESOURCES ed one of fer Fourteeners: From Mountain Hikes to RClimbs rado’s ormation at inf r2. v/ *Colo The Roestcky Servicenger of Roach is considerFor and rafs.usda.go