Capitol Peak (14,130')

Hike on August 15, 2003 (Photos by Jeff Barish)

Capitol is the northern-most Colorado Fourteener in the Elk Range mountains near Aspen, Colorado.  I hiked with Jeff Barish and Dalen Stevens of Telluride, Colorado.  We hiked 6.5 miles from the Capitol Creek trailhead to Capitol Lake on 8/14/2003, then hiked to the summit on 8/15/2003.  We were turned back by rain and lightning on our first attempt at 6AM, but the weather cleared and we hiked again by about 9:30AM.  We arrived at the summit shortly after 1PM.

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View from the trailhead (Capitol Peak is visible 6.5 miles to the south)

North face of Capitol from above Capitol Lake

Hiking up boulder field east of the mountain

View down from the vicinity of "K2" (13,664')

Partway across the "Knife-Edge Ridge"

Completing the Knife-Edge

Coming off the northeast ridge, heading toward the summit (Dalen Stevens in the background)

On the summit.

View from summit south over Pierre Lakes (Maroon Bells and Pyramid are in the background)