Mount Elbert Loop
Date: 9/16/2023
Trailhead: Black Cloud
Summits:
* Cosgriff(UR)
* South Elbert(UR)
* Elbert
* Bull Hill
Distance: 11.6 miles
Vert: 5600ft
Duration: 6 hours
Partner: solo
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Cosgriff 14ers.com Page
Elbert 14ers.com Page
Bull Hill 14ers.com Page
In the mid 1990s I hiked Elbert with Karen Young, Dan Lulchuck and Beth Tansil.
In 2019 I hiked Bull Hill and Elbert from Echo with Robby Grace.
In 2023 I looped it with Cosgriff, South Elbert and Bull Hill. This option was by far the most fun and engaging.
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11.6m - 5600ft - 6 hours
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Up the trail and through the trees before heading up Cosgriff's western slope. Bull Hill head
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Looking to South Elbert from Cosgriff's western slopes
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South Elbert(L) - Elbert(R) from Cosgriff
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Looking south to La Plata's impressive north face - Sayres to the right. btw... linking up these two faces for a spring ski is one of the best ski link ups in the state... imho
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Robby
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Robby on Elbert's west ridge
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Twin Lakes
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Elbert summit selfie
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Next stop Bull Hill
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Looking back to South Elbert from Elbert
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Enroute to Bull Hill
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La Plata and Sayres
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Robby enroute to Bull Hill - Elbert behind
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Robby trys out for the Leadville Postholing Team. This photo made the cover of the Fall 2020 Postholer Quarterly Magazine!
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Down Bull Hill's southeast ridge
