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.
Bare Mountain Range (Nevada) the Amargosa Valley along the south edge of the range and turns at Beatty to continue north through Oasis Valley. The highest peak of the range is Bare Mountain, of the same name, at . In the southeast of the range, Wildcat Peak rises to Bare Mountain Range was descriptively named for the bare summits. Bare Mountain Range (Nevada) The Bare Mountain Range is a mountain range in southern Nye County, Nevada, in the United States. Bare Mountain and Wildcat Peak are the high points of the range. The Bare Mountain Range is a short range, about long, trending northwest