Mount Elbert Governor of the Territory of Colorado from 1873 to 1874. Henry W. Stuckle of the Hayden Survey was the first to record an ascent of the peak, in 1874. The easiest and most popular climbing routes are categorized as Class 1 to 2 or A+ in mountaineering parlance. Mount Elbert is therefore often referred to as the "gentle giant" that tops all others in the Rocky Mountains. Mount Elbert is visible to the southwest of Leadville, often snow-capped even in the summer. Many other fourteeners surround Elbert in all directions, and it is very close to central Colorado's Collegiate Peaks.
Kinsman Range Kinsman Range The Kinsman Range, also known as the Cannon–Kinsman Range, is located in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the United States. The highest point in the north-south range is Kinsman Mountain, followed by the North Peak of Kinsman, and Cannon Mountain, one of the richest in rock climbing routes in the Whites. All are official "Four-thousand footers". Mount Wolf is on the crest of the range south of Kinsman Mountain. Rounding out the range is Bald Peak on the west side of Kinsman Mountain. To the northeast, the range is connected by The Cannon Balls ridge to