Colorado 14ers by Difficulty

Standard Colorado 14er routes grouped by class rating and ranked by overall difficulty. If you are new to climbing 14ers, we highly recommend starting with the easiest ones.

Use this 14er index to compare the routes by difficulty, elevation gain, and distance.

Class 1
	Peak	Route Link	Gain	Distance
1	Handies Peak Southwest Slopes	Southwest Slopes	2500'	5.75 mi
2	Grays Peak North Slopes	North Slopes	3000'	7.5 mi
3	Torreys Peak South Slopes	South Slopes	3000'	7.75 mi
4	Quandary Peak East Ridge	East Ridge	3450'	6.75 mi
5	Mt. Elbert Northeast Ridge	Northeast Ridge	4500'	9.75 mi
6	San Luis Peak Northeast Ridge	Northeast Ridge	3600'	13.5 mi
7	Mt. Sherman Southwest Ridge	Southwest Ridge	2100'	5.25 mi
8	Pikes Peak East Slopes	East Slopes	7600'	24 mi

Class 2
	Peak	Route Link	Gain	Distance
9	Mt. Bross West Slopes	West Slopes	2250'	3.25 mi
10	Mt. Cameron West Ridge	West Ridge	2250'	4.75 mi
11	Mt. Lincoln West Ridge	West Ridge	2600'	6 mi
12	Mt. Bierstadt West Slopes	West Slopes	2850'	7.25 mi
13	Mt. Democrat East Slope	East Slope	2150'	4 mi
14	Huron Peak Northwest Slopes	Northwest Slopes	3500'	7 mi
15	Culebra Peak Northwest Ridge	Northwest Ridge	2750'	5 mi
16	Mt. Princeton East Slopes	East Slopes	3200'	6.5 mi
17	Redcloud Peak Northeast Ridge	Northeast Ridge	3700'	9 mi
18	Mt. Blue Sky West Ridge from Summit Lake	West Ridge from Summit Lake	2000'	5.5 mi
19	Mt. Belford Northwest Ridge	Northwest Ridge	4500'	8 mi
20	Uncompahgre Peak South Ridge	South Ridge	3000'	7.5 mi
21	Mt. Shavano East Slopes	East Slopes	4500'	10 mi
22	Humboldt Peak West Ridge	West Ridge	4300'	10.5 mi
23	Mt. Columbia West Slopes	West Slopes	4250'	12 mi
24	Mt. Yale Southwest Slopes	Southwest Slopes	4300'	9.5 mi
25	La Plata Peak Northwest Ridge	Northwest Ridge	4400'	9.25 mi
26	Sunshine Peak Via Redcloud Peak	Via Redcloud Peak	4800'	12.25 mi
27	Missouri Mountain Northwest Ridge	Northwest Ridge	4500'	10.5 mi
28	Mt. Massive East Slopes	East Slopes	4500'	13.75 mi
29	Mt. Antero West Slopes	West Slopes	5200'	15.5 mi
30	Mt. Harvard South Slopes	South Slopes	4600'	13.75 mi
31	Tabeguache Peak Via Mt. Shavano	Via Mt. Shavano	5600'	12 mi
32	Mt. Oxford Via Mt. Belford	Via Mt. Belford	5900'	11 mi
33	Mt. of the Holy Cross North Ridge	North Ridge	5600'	11.25 mi

Difficult Class 2
	Peak	Route Link	Gain	Distance
34	Conundrum Peak South Ridge	South Ridge	4400'	13.5 mi
35	Castle Peak Northeast Ridge	Northeast Ridge	4600'	13.5 mi
36	Ellingwood Point South Face	South Face	6200'	17 mi
37	Challenger Point North Slope	North Slope	5400'	13.5 mi
38	Blanca Peak Northwest Ridge	Northwest Ridge	6500'	17 mi

Easy Class 3
	Peak	Route Link	Gain	Distance
39	Windom Peak West Ridge	West Ridge	3000'	6 mi
40	Mt. Sneffels South Slopes	South Slopes	2900'	6 mi
41	Mt. Lindsey Northwest Gully	Northwest Gully	3500'	8.25 mi
42	Kit Carson Peak Via Challenger Point	Via Challenger Point	6250'	15 mi

Class 3
	Peak	Route Link	Gain	Distance
43	El Diente Peak South Slopes	South Slopes	4400'	12 mi
44	Mt. Wilson Southwest Slopes	Southwest Slopes	4400'	12.5 mi
45	North Eolus South Ridge	South Ridge	250'	0.2 mi
46	Wetterhorn Peak Southeast Ridge	Southeast Ridge	3300'	7 mi
47	Mt. Eolus Northeast Ridge	Northeast Ridge	3100'	6 mi
48	Longs Peak Keyhole Route	Keyhole Route	5100'	14.5 mi
49	Wilson Peak Southwest Ridge	Southwest Ridge	3900'	10 mi
50	Crestone Peak South Face	South Face	6200'	14 mi
51	Maroon Peak South Ridge	South Ridge	4800'	12 mi
52	Snowmass Mountain East Slopes	East Slopes	5800'	22 mi

Class 4
	Peak	Route Link	Gain	Distance
53	Crestone Needle South Face	South Face	4700'	11.5 mi
54	Sunlight Peak South Face	South Face	3000'	6 mi
55	Pyramid Peak Northeast Ridge	Northeast Ridge	4500'	8.25 mi
56	North Maroon Peak Northeast Ridge	Northeast Ridge	4600'	9.25 mi
57	Little Bear Peak West Ridge and Hourglass	West Ridge and Hourglass	6200'	14 mi
58	Capitol Peak Northeast Ridge	Northeast Ridge	5300'	17 mi

Colorado 14ers by Difficulty

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