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I've reached the summits of a few more than
half of Colorado's Highest 100 peaks -- the so-called
Centennials. I hope to have these ascents, plus about two dozen
others, documented eventually. Progress is being made on getting
this completed: as of April 2002 I have info for around 85% of these
climbs available for your perusal, with many being at least partly
illustrated. All of my climbs in the San Juans are up. (Follow
that first link for all this great
content.)
Starting in the Spring of 2003 I've begun to add GPS waypoint
tracks for all my routes. Work will start with the highest
Thirteeners, working down in elevation before moving on to the
14'ers. As of early May, I have most of the Centennial 13'ers
done.
If you'd like to flee the crowds in your hiking and climbing in
and around Colorado, try my list of the
highest Thirteeners not near a Fourteener. (This is original
research by the way...)
Even if you think you know them, it probably wouldn't hurt to
review the 10 Safety Tips from
Ormes, with additional comments and links avec moi.
Why do we do this? ||
How To Get Started ||
Colorado Climate ||
Ammons' Poetry
Interested in the height distribution of Colorado's summits? If
so, then click here for several relevations
you never would have imagined. (More original research...)
Fourteeners:
The List ||
Hi-Res Photos (takes forever to load) ||
Connecting Ridges
To many descriptions by others of hikes and climbs of
Colorado summits, at Steve Parker's most excellent site.
Learn a new language - it's
the climbing & mountaineering
dictionary! This site also has a brief description of the
various classes by which the difficulty of climbs are rated.
The Colorado Mountain Adventures Webring is now up and running.
Peak To Peak / Colorado has links to more general and very
comprehensive info available, as does
Mountain Web also.
Your source for Colorado winter mountaineering and backcountry
skiing appears to be First Trax, though don't overlook
The Colorado Avalanche Information Center Website.
For free online topo maps, I've used both
MapTech and
TopoZone;
the former has better quality maps and a neat applet so you can
read off longitude and latitude in real time under your cursor,
while the latter allows bigger maps and puts a "+" more or less
at your chosen coordinates.
Last updated: 16 Aug 2020