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Colorado (Sawatch Range, Rocky Mountains) · USA
Mount Elbert
Mount Elbert is the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains and the second-highest summit in the contiguous United States after Mount Whitney. A broad, gentle giant of the Sawatch Range, it draws thousands of hikers each summer who reach its rounded summit on a well-graded trail rather than technical terrain. Its close elevation rivalry with neighboring Mount Massive once spawned a 19th-century height-boosting stone-pile feud between local boosters.
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