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Colorado 14ers: Huron Peak

A well-marked trail unfurls up this mountain and leads to sublime panoramas across a sea of granite and ice in the Sawatch Range.

Colorado 14ers: La Plata Peak

Trek up sparsely-covered slopes and a broad talus ridge in the Sawatch Range to an overlook with endless alpine vistas.

Colorado 14ers: Mount Antero

This 15.2-mile route runs over gemstone deposits of quartz and aquamarine to a rocky summit in the southern Sawatch Range.

Colorado 14ers: Mount Belford, Mount Oxford and Missouri Mountain

String together three Sawatch summits on this popular circuit with long alpine traverses overlooking the Continental Divide.

Colorado 14ers: Mount Elbert

This 11.6-mile route wanders through a lovely forest, climbs wind-swept slopes and ends with top-of-the-world vistas on Colorado's tallest peak.

Colorado 14ers: Mount Harvard and Mount Columbia

It's a scholarly debate on which summit--Mount Columbia or Mount Harvard--is the best. So reserve a long weekend to climb both in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness, and decide for yourself.

Colorado 14ers: Mount Massive

This 11.2-mile hike strings together the five summits of Colorado's second-highest peak where supreme vistas open over a landscape of glacial till and alpine lakes.

Colorado 14ers: Mount Princeton

Drawn-out switchbacks lead past jumbled boulder gardens and old mining ruins to a sweeping finale above the high tundra. Post-trip bonus: Soak in the steamy baths at Princeton Hot Springs.

Colorado 14ers: Mount Shavano and Tabeguache Peak

Link the bare summits of the Sawatch Range's southernmost 14ers for far-reaching views over the San Isabel National Forest.

Colorado 14ers: Mount Yale

A leg-busting 8.4-mile round trip up Yale’s relentless southwest slopes culminates with soaring views over the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness and Arkansas River Valley.

Colorado 14ers: Mount of the Holy Cross

This 11-miler outside Vail is a leg- and lung-buster, but at the end of the day you'll touch the sky on the summit of one of Colorado's fabled Fourteeners.

Denver: North Halfmoon Lakes

Trek across vibrant wildflower meadows to two alpine lakes tucked into a rocky chasm below Mt. Massive on this 5.8 miler outside Leadville.

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