Sharing People’s Most Memorable Summit Stories
The 58 Summits website was created to connect people from around the world who have summited one, some, or all of the Colorado’s fourteeners. Fourteeners? The summits above 14,000 feet of which there are 58 in Colorado! Share your own story.
Longs Peak – A Father and Son’s Adventure
Longs Peak, poster pin #1 14,255 feet When my son Shane invited me to join him to climb to the [...]
Lure of the Mountains
Being in the mountains has special meaning for many people. For me, it is the joy of witnessing things and [...]
Three Summits in One Day?
Many approach their virgin fourteener ascent after months of training and planning, and I admire their commitment. For me, it [...]
Catharsis and Redemption on Mount Sneffels
"Chasing angels or fleeing demons, go to the mountains" - J. Rasley I grew up on a cattle ranch in [...]
Handies, Quandary & Uncompagre Peaks – Still Young Enough?
I climbed the 9,642 Foot Going to the Sun Mountain in Glacier Park when I was 19. A young man [...]
Discovering the Roof of Africa
Life challenges turned me into a mountain climber and guide. I had to pay for rent and food on my [...]
Longs Peak: Key Hole Route?
It was August 25th, 2020. My friend and I were both about to leave Fort Collins for college the next [...]
Mount Bierstadt – Stella – A Shining Star
Stella and I summited our first 14er in the summer of 2012. I'd just gotten out of a messy divorce [...]
Mount Sneffels: Chocolate, Wildflowers and a Race to the Car
The first time I climbed Mount Sneffels, I was seven years old, but I was nine the first time I [...]