Trip
Summit 2026 – San Luis Peak - Northeast Ridge
To commemorate Colorado's 150th anniversary, Colorado Mountain Club is leading groups up all the 14ers in the state! San Luis Peak reaches an elevation of 14,023 feet and is located in the La Garita Wilderness in the San Juan Range. This peak is moderately difficult, not because of its technicality but because of its length; it is rated as a class 1 climb, but is 11-16 miles long depending on route choice. For this event, we will be doing a loop. We will start from the Eddiesville Trailhead, where you could have camped the previous night. To start, we will backtrack on the road and turn left to get to the Stewart Creek Trailhead (0.4 miles). Then, we will begin our ascent hiking up the Stewart Creek Trail #470 to San Luis Peak at 14,020 ft (6.4 miles) which is the standard Northeast Ridge route. For our decent, we will hike down on the San Luis Peak Trail #465.5A (which is part of the South Ridge route) until the intersection with the Skyline Trail (1.2 miles). We will turn left at the intersection onto the Skyline Trail #465. This trail will take us all the way to the Eddiesville Trailhead (8.3 miles). For more information, visit 14ers.com https://www.14ers.com/route.php?route=sanl1
Contacts
- Sat, Aug 1, 2026
- Summit 2026
- Hiking
- Adults
- Moderate
- Mileage: 16.5 mi
- Elevation Gain: 3,925 ft
- High Point Elevation: 14,023 ft
- 8 (8 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
All participants and leaders are REQUIRED to sign the State of Colorado's liability waiver. Please click here to fill out the waiver.
Participants will register for their preferred 14er through the Colorado Mountain Club website, where they will be placed on a waitlist for their chosen peak (you may join more than one waitlist). From there, trip leaders will reach out to gather more information about each participant's experience level and interests. For trips where the waitlist exceeds the allotted group size, participants will be selected by lottery.
- Not sure which 14er to sign up for? Visit our Blog "So you want to hike a 14er?" for more details about selecting the right 14er for you!
- Feel free to use information from 14er.com from to learn more about the trail and what to expect.
For questions about your trip, please reach out to your trip leader directly. For general questions about the Summit 2026 project or any relate event, please reach out to summit2026@cmc.org.
Trip leaders- Do not delete: Participants can register for their preferred 14er through the Colorado Mountain Club website, where they will be placed on a waitlist for their chosen peak. From there, trip leaders will reach out to gather more information about each participant's experience level and interests. For trips where the waitlist exceeds the allotted group size, participants will be selected by lottery.
*The trip leader should designate if there is camping beforehand, and if there is trailhead camping, inform them. Otherwise, include a link to the trailhead and meeting time.
We will meet at the Eddiesville South Trailhead (38.02361°N 106.836°W) at 5 AM on August 1st, 2026. There is dispersed camping available here so camping at the trailhead the night before is an option.
Upon meeting, we will do a quick introduction and gear check, and plan to hit the trail by 5:30.
Required Equipment
