Mount Elbert
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Mount Elbert is the highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America. With an elevation of 14,440 ft, it is also the highest point in the U.S. state of Colorado and the second-highest summit in
Mount Elbert seen from Turquoise Lake
Panoramic view of Mount Elbert in June 2008
Platanthera hyperborea
The north-east ridge
Mount Whitney
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Mount Whitney is a mountain in California's Sierra Nevada range, and is the highest point in the contiguous United States, with an elevation of 14,505 feet. It is located in East–Central California al
Mount Elbert
…of 14,440 ft (4,400 m), it is also the highest point in the U.S. state of Colorado and the second-highest summit in the contiguous United States after Mount Whitney, which is slightly taller. The ultra-prominent fourteener is the highest peak in the Sawatch Range, as well as the highest point in the entire Mississippi…
East Face close-up seen from the Whitney Portal
Sky pilot blooming on ridge just below summit
Mount Whitney as seen from Mount Langley
The Smithsonian Institution Shelter on Whitney's summit