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1 / 35 (Coffee Pot Road)
Elk Mountains from Coffee Pot Road at the south end of the Flat Tops over Blair Ranch in Glenwood Canyon
May 8 2020 - 11:13 am
2 / 35 (Illustrator)
Six county roads county roads provide access to the Elk Mountains: two paved (Maroon Creek Road and Castle Creek Road); the rest unpaved well-maintained gravel roads
made with Adobe Illustrator
3 / 35 (Maroon Creek Road)
North Maroon Peak (14,014') and Maroon Peak (14,156'), twin peaks of the Maroon Bells
Oct 24 2019 - 12:26 pm
4 / 35 (Stevens Gulch Road)
Capitol Peak (14,130') from the west
Oct 29 2017 - 4:50 pm
5 / 35 (Capitol Creek Road)
Capitol Peak from the east showing the knife ridge fatal to many climbers
Mar 8 2018 - 2:20 pm
6 / 35 (Maroon Creek Road)
Maroon Bells and Capitol Peak lead all 14ers in Colorado climber deaths; all Elk Mountains are dangerous, even 13ers and 12ers
due to interbedded sandstones and shale of the Maroon Formation yielding crumbling rock on steep slopes
from Google Graphic
7 / 35 (Maroon Creek Road)
Pyramid Peak (14,018') snow avalanche bending trees even uphill on both sides of the road
Oct 24 2019 - 12:13 pm
8 / 35 (Stevens Gulch Road)
Columbine (Colorado State Flower) reflecting azure Colorado skies
Jun 27 2017 - 3:24 pm
9 / 35 (Castle Creek Road)
Golden Aspen at thier peak above 10,000'
Sep 24 2021 - 11:49 am
10 / 35 (Castle Creek Road)
Castle Creek Road
Sep 24 2021 - 11:58 am
11 / 35 (Stevens Gulch Road)
Seven 14'ers of the Elk Mountains: (from left) Capitol Peak, Snowmass Mountain, North Maroon Peak, Maroon Peak, Pyramid Peak, Conundrum Peak, and Castle Peak
Oct 29 2017 - 4:45 pm
12 / 35 (CO 82)
Maroon Formation in deep in the Roaring Fork Valley
Mar 8 2018 - 3:34 pm
13 / 35 (Capitol Creek Road)
Snowmass Ski Area
Mar 8 2018 - 2:10 pm
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Snowmass Creek
Mar 8 2018 - 2:49 pm
15 / 35 (CO 82)
North End of the Elk Mountains
Mar 8 2018 - 1:32 pm
16 / 35 (Castle Creek Road)
Castle Creek headwaters
Sep 24 2021 - 12:03 pm
17 / 35 (Castle Creek Road)
Bikers everywhere on Castle Creek Road
Sep 24 2021 - 12:10 pm
18 / 35 (Capitol Creek Road)
Capitol Creek Valley
Mar 8 2018 - 2:54 pm
19 / 35 (Maroon Creek Road)
Pyramid Peak from the South
Oct 24 2019 - 12:12 pm
20 / 35 (Maroon Creek Road)
Pyramid Peak from the West
Oct 24 2019 - 12:29 pm
21 / 35 (Castle Creek Road)
Golden Aspen
Sep 24 2021 - 12:15 pm
22 / 35 (Castle Creek Road)
Hayden Peak (13,020')
Sep 24 2021 - 11:49 pm
23 / 35 (Maroon Creek Road)
Maroon Formation of Sievers Mountain raised a mile above the valley floor less than 10 miles away
Oct 24 2019 - 12:31 pm
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Capitol Peak silhouetted against an early evening sky
Mar 8 2018 - 2:57 pm
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Maroon Bells
Oct 24 2019 - 12:26 pm
26 / 35 (Stevens Gulch Road)
Wildflowers everywhere (even in winter if you count seeded flowers)
Jun 27 2017 - 3:10 pm
27 / 35 (Coffee Pot Road)
Panorama along Coffee Pot Road from the southeast Flat Tops
May 8 2020 - 11:12 am
28 / 35 (Maroon Creek Road)
Maroon Bells Parking (the road is only open to cars before 8:00 am after 5 pm, parking usually fills up by 4:00 am due to many hikers. Shuttle buses only during the day, reservations required)
Oct 24 2019 - 12:29 pm
29 / 35 (Maroon Creek Road)
Exit from parking lot view of Sievers Mountain. Wonder where the Maroon Formation got its name?
Oct 24 2019 - 12:32 pm
30 / 35 (Castle Creek Road)
Castle Peak (14,278') and Conundrum Peak (14,064') from the east
Sep 24 2021 - 12:22 pm
31 / 35 (Castle Creek Road)
Golden Aspen along Castle Creek Road
Sep 24 2021 - 11:50 am
32 / 35 (Stevens Gulch Road)
Castle Peak (right of the left-center pair) and Conundrum Peak (left of the left-center pair) from the west
Part of the conundrum is whether Conundrum Peak is a 14er on its own or just a ridge off Castle Peak
Oct 24 2019 - 12.32 pm
33 / 35 (Capitol Creek Road)
Snowmass Mountain (14,092')
Mar 8 2018 - 2:56 pm
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Capitol Peak
Mar 8 2018 - 2:20 pm
35 / 35 (Maroon Creek Road)
I timed the trip just right, a clear day right after a snowstorm and the golden aspen crowd. The next day the road was closed until Memorial Day by another snowstorm
Oct 24 2019 - 12:38 pm