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Colorado 14ers by Difficulty

Below is a list of the standard Colorado 14er routes organized by difficulty. The routes are first grouped by their class rating and then sorted by the overall difficulty/effort required within each class. Since the list is arranged by class rating, you may notice some routes with greater overall effort (e.g., longer distances, significant elevation gains) appearing earlier than those with higher class ratings but lower overall effort. If you're new to climbing 14ers, make sure to start with the easiest ones.

Class 1
1 Handies Peak Southwest Slopes
2500'
5.75 mi
2 Grays Peak North Slopes
3000'
7.5 mi
3 Torreys Peak South Slopes
3000'
7.75 mi
4 Quandary Peak East Ridge
3450'
6.75 mi
5 Mt. Elbert Northeast Ridge
4500'
9.75 mi
6 San Luis Peak Northeast Ridge
3600'
13.5 mi
7 Mt. Sherman Southwest Ridge
2100'
5.25 mi
8 Pikes Peak East Slopes
7600'
24 mi
Class 2
9 Mt. Bross West Slopes
2250'
3.25 mi
10 Mt. Cameron West Ridge
2250'
4.75 mi
11 Mt. Lincoln West Ridge
2600'
6 mi
12 Mt. Bierstadt West Slopes
2850'
7.25 mi
13 Mt. Democrat East Slope
2150'
4 mi
14 Huron Peak Northwest Slopes
3500'
7 mi
15 Culebra Peak Northwest Ridge
2750'
5 mi
16 Mt. Princeton East Slopes
3200'
6.5 mi
17 Redcloud Peak Northeast Ridge
3700'
9 mi
18 Mt. Blue Sky West Ridge from Summit Lake
2000'
5.5 mi
19 Mt. Belford Northwest Ridge
4500'
8 mi
20 Uncompahgre Peak South Ridge
3000'
7.5 mi
21 Mt. Shavano East Slopes
4500'
10 mi
22 Humboldt Peak West Ridge
4200'
11 mi
23 Mt. Columbia West Slopes
4250'
12 mi
24 Mt. Yale Southwest Slopes
4300'
9.5 mi
25 La Plata Peak Northwest Ridge
4400'
9.25 mi
26 Sunshine Peak Via Redcloud Peak
4800'
12.25 mi
27 Missouri Mountain Northwest Ridge
4500'
10.5 mi
28 Mt. Massive East Slopes
4500'
13.75 mi
29 Mt. Antero West Slopes
5200'
15.5 mi
30 Mt. Harvard South Slopes
4600'
13.75 mi
31 Tabeguache Peak Via Mt. Shavano
5600'
12 mi
32 Mt. Oxford Via Mt. Belford
5900'
11 mi
33 Mt. of the Holy Cross North Ridge
5600'
11.25 mi
Difficult Class 2
34 Windom Peak West Ridge
3000'
6 mi
35 Conundrum Peak South Ridge
4400'
13.5 mi
36 Castle Peak Northeast Ridge
4600'
13.5 mi
37 Ellingwood Point South Face
6200'
17 mi
38 Challenger Point North Slope
5400'
13.5 mi
39 Blanca Peak Northwest Ridge
6500'
17 mi
Easy Class 3
40 Mt. Sneffels South Slopes
2900'
6 mi
41 Mt. Lindsey Northwest Gully
3500'
8.25 mi
42 Kit Carson Peak Via Challenger Point
6250'
15 mi
Class 3
43 El Diente Peak South Slopes
4400'
12 mi
44 Mt. Wilson Southwest Slopes
4400'
12.5 mi
45 North Eolus South Ridge
250'
0.2 mi
46 Wetterhorn Peak Southeast Ridge
3300'
7 mi
47 Mt. Eolus Northeast Ridge
3100'
6 mi
48 Longs Peak Keyhole Route
5100'
14.5 mi
49 Wilson Peak Southwest Ridge
3900'
10 mi
50 Crestone Peak South Face
5700'
14 mi
51 Maroon Peak South Ridge
4800'
12 mi
52 Snowmass Mountain East Slopes
5800'
22 mi
Class 4
53 North Maroon Peak Northeast Ridge
4600'
9.25 mi
54 Crestone Needle South Face
4400'
12 mi
55 Sunlight Peak South Face
3000'
6 mi
56 Pyramid Peak Northeast Ridge
4500'
8.25 mi
57 Little Bear Peak West Ridge and Hourglass
6200'
14 mi
58 Capitol Peak Northeast Ridge
5300'
17 mi