Longs Peak Hike Photo Gallery by Rian Houston at pbase.com

Longs Peak Hike

Longs Peak is located in Rocky Mountain National Park and is 14,255 feet high. It is the only 14er in the park and is the 16th highest in Colorado. We hiked the standard Keyhole route which is 15 miles long and climbs 5,000 feet in elevation. The last 1.5 miles of the hike is rated Class III and requires use of yours hands and very careful footing with large dropoffs. Due to the length of the hike and the exposed conditions, it is necessary to start well before sunrise. It tooks us just over 11 hours to complete the hike.

Sunrise behind Mount Lady Washington	Diamond Face from the Boulder Field	Sunrise Panorama	Diamond Face
Keyhole Sunrise	Stone House at the Keyhole	Keyhole from Below	Glacier Gorge behind the Keyhole
Wade at the Keyhole	Glacier Gorge	Entering the Trough	Wade climbing the Trough
Looking down the Trough	Wade negotiates the chockstone	On the Narrows	Pagoda Mountain and Keyboard of the Winds
The Homestretch	Near the top	Rian on the Summit	Chasm Lake
Summit Photo	Summit Panorama	Mt Meeker - 13,911 ft	Down the Homestretch
Back thru the Narrows	Back at the Keyhole	Keyhole	White-tailed Ptarmigan
Longs Peak near treeline	Alpine Brook

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Guest		03-Sep-2011 18:57
Seeing these photos bring back memories of my climb to the summit, truly is a wilderness experience.

Guest		13-Aug-2006 15:23
Awesome set of photographs! It looks like you had a wonderful hike, with great weather. Such starkly beautiful scenery!

Grobljar Vanjo		12-Aug-2006 22:39
interesting places

Guest		12-Aug-2006 20:05
Kudos to you for completing this loooooong hike Rian. This is one I never wanted to try. Just looking at your shot of the Narrows gives me the willies! Congrats ! Pam

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