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Longs Peak is a mountain in the northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,256-foot (4345.22 m) fourteener is located in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness , 9.6 miles (15.5 km) southwest by south ( bearing 209°) of the Town of Estes Park , Colorado , United States .
East face of Longs Peak, also known as the Diamond. The Diamond is the sheer and prominent east face of Longs Peak and named for the shape of the cliff. The face has a vertical gain of more than 900 feet (270 m) all above an elevation of 13,000 feet (4,000 m). It is a world-famous Alpine climb. [1]
Create a map of all Rocky Mountain National Park peak coordinates using this OpenStreetMap (OSM) link The list of peaks in Rocky Mountain National Park includes the following: [ 1 ] Trailhead
Sep. 30—English adventurer and writer Isabella Bird's legacy is being kept alive as mountaineers climb Longs Peak in commemoration of Bird's ascent 150 years ago. On Thursday, a party of eight ...
The D1 is the original technical climbing route up the Diamond of Longs Peak.In 1954, when National Park Service was petitioned to allow climbing on the Diamond they responded with an official closure.
James Lee Detterline (February 28, 1956 – October 2016) was an American mountaineer, rescuer, and park ranger.He was known for having around 428 ascents of Longs Peak (the most of any person); [1] a feat for which Tom Hornbein dubbed him "Mr. Longs Peak".
The Diamond on Longs Peak is the most famous alpine rock climbing area in Colorado. ... a difficult route on the east face of Longs Peak (14,255 feet ...
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