Hiking – Mount Massive

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Hiking – Mount Massive

Let's take advantage of the low snow year and go climb Mt. Massive for a winter snow flake. (Climbing a 14er in calendar winter.) Leadville only got 1" of new snow from this past storm.

  • Sun, Jan 11, 2026
  • Pikes Peak
  • Hiking
  • Adults
  • Moderate
  • Mileage: 13.8 mi
  • Elevation Gain: 4,500 ft
  • High Point Elevation: 14,427 ft
  • Maximum Wind: 20 kts
  • Pace: 1.5

Contact trip leader: Britt Jones

719-661-4777

Some of us are going to spend the night in Leadville at the Rodeway Inn. The hotel option gives us about a 15-20 minute drive to the trailhead.

If not staying in the Rodeway Inn, be in the parking lot by 5:30am. We will meet here.

1128 US Highway 24 S
Leadville, CO, 80461, US

Tel: (719) 486-3637

Route/Place
Roster
Required Equipment

Required Equipment

Come prepared with the 10 Essentials and for full-on winter conditions. Don't skim on the layers to try to save weight. This is winter!

Microspikes necessary. 

Bring snowshoes. It's better to have them and not need them than to need them and not have them.

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