Most ways up and/or down Elbert

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Most ways up and/or down Elbert

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After hiking mount elbert this weekend, that was my third mode if you will up and or down this peak, snowboards/skiing/hiking, will be mountain biking it so too hopefully, so that got me thinking who holds the record for most forms of ascent/descent on t this peak, I’m looking to post this to Mfoadk.com

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Re: Most ways up and/or down Elbert

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Must be a Leadville local. Add Snowmobiling and Rallying some sort of Jeep up there, too. Can you parasail to the top?

Is crawling pushing a peanut a mode? I know a guy...
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Re: Most ways up and/or down Elbert

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I saw two guys on unicycles on Elbert's summit years ago...

Also, on another occasion, I ran into a group on Sherman with cornhole boards strapped to their backs. They nearly blew away in the 40 mph wind but I suppose you could leap-frog a game from trailhead to summit...
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Re: Most ways up and/or down Elbert

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glenmiz wrote: ↑Sat Jul 30, 2022 7:31 am I saw two guys on unicycles on Elbert's summit years ago...

Also, on another occasion, I ran into a group on Sherman with cornhole boards strapped to their backs. They nearly blew away in the 40 mph wind but I suppose you could leap-frog a game from trailhead to summit...
My son and I ran into a couple guys on Massive a few years ago that were performing "extreme ironing" at the summit. We found that rather amusing. Very nice guys, they have an IG page that logs all their extreme ironing locales.
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Re: Most ways up and/or down Elbert

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justiner wrote: ↑Thu Jul 28, 2022 10:26 pm Must be a Leadville local. Add Snowmobiling and Rallying some sort of Jeep up there, too. Can you parasail to the top?

Is crawling pushing a peanut a mode? I know a guy...
I’ve seen snowmobile tracks up it before when skiing it one year. And found a YouTube video of one guy paragliding off it. Other than that, hike/bike/ski via all the routes. Or push a peanut, to each their own.
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Re: Most ways up and/or down Elbert

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Borneman & Lampert's book says that Elbert has been summitted via jeep, ATV, and helicopter also.
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Re: Most ways up and/or down Elbert

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aholle88 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 31, 2022 6:57 am
justiner wrote: ↑Thu Jul 28, 2022 10:26 pm Must be a Leadville local. Add Snowmobiling and Rallying some sort of Jeep up there, too. Can you parasail to the top?

Is crawling pushing a peanut a mode? I know a guy...
I’ve seen snowmobile tracks up it before when skiing it one year. And found a YouTube video of one guy paragliding off it. Other than that, hike/bike/ski via all the routes. Or push a peanut, to each their own.
50 seconds in on this video has two snowmobiles on the summit

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Re: Most ways up and/or down Elbert

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Wasn't there a unicycle guy that rode up or down some of the easier 14ers? I bet he did elbert.
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