Last weekend, a bilateral above-knee amputee climbed Handies Peak, a 14,058-foot-tall mountain. The plan was to start climbing on Thursday, Oct. 12, and summit on Friday, but that was before blizza… ...

Encompassing 637 summits above 13,000 feet, 53 of them fourteeners, Colorado is the highest state in America. The summit of Handies Peak, ranked 40th at 14,048 feet, is the high-point of t ...

Handies Peak At 5.75 miles and 2,500 feet of elevation gain, Handies Peak, the highest in the San Juan Mountains, near the scenic Million Dollar Highway , looks like a walk in the park.

Handies Peak The San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado are Colorado’s largest range, and you’ll have to drive deep into it to climb this gem of a 14,048-foot peak.

Horvath also completed Handies Peak, a Fourteener in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, in 2023; she hopes to summit other Fourteeners in the future.

Colorado has 54 peaks rising 14,000 feet or higher, the most of any state. ... Easier: Grays Peak, Torreys Peak, Handies Peak, Mount Sherman, Mount Democrat, Mount Bross, Mount Lincoln, ...

The ultramarathon includes 33,197 feet of elevation gain, reaching a high point of 14,048 feet at Handies Peak, outside Silverton, Colorado.

The ultramarathon includes 33,197 feet of elevation gain, reaching a high point of 14,048 feet at Handies Peak, outside Silverton, Colorado.