Longs Peak

Longs Peak is a mountain in the northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,256-foot (4345.22 m) fourteener is located in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, 9.6 miles (15.5 km) southwest by south of the Town of Estes Park, Colorado, United States.

Front Range · Colorado · United States · 4,345 m

East face of Longs Peak, including The Diamond, showing multiple climbing routes.

About Longs Peak

Longs Peak is a 14,259-foot summit in Rocky Mountain National Park and the park’s highest summit . The mountain’s first recorded ascent was made on August 23, 1868, by Major John Wesley Powell’s party via the southeast face .

Longs Peak is a mountain in the northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,256-foot (4345.22 m) fourteener is located in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, 9.6 miles (15.5 km) southwest by south of the Town of Estes Park, Colorado, United States. Longs Peak is the northernmost fourteener in the Rocky Mountains and the highest point in Boulder County and Rocky Mountain National Park.

Longs Peak is a 14,259-foot summit in Rocky Mountain National Park and the park’s highest summit . The mountain’s first recorded ascent was made on August 23, 1868, by Major John Wesley Powell’s party via the southeast face .

Documented mountaineering milestones

  • 1868 — First recorded ascent via the southeast face: Major John Wesley Powell and party

Routes and approaches

The Keyhole Route is the recognized and popular route to Longs Peak’s summit from Rocky Mountain National Park, crossing the mountain’s northwestern side through the Keyhole before traversing steep summit terrain .

These records are loaded from the existing route API. No route metrics are invented when the source does not provide them.

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Sources and provenance

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