Colorado boasts 58 mountain peaks reaching over 14,000 feet tall. To locals, these high-rising peaks are well known as "fourteeners" or "14ers."
Hiking any of these peaks can be a great challenge (and not entirely family-friendly), so we're encouraging our community to get outside and complete a 14er hike on a FLAT surface. We're making it simple with a free printable chart that shows the flat distance it would take to hike a route on each of the 58 famous peaks.
“Happiness is not at the top of the mountains but in how to climb it.” - Unknown
Here's how our Flat 14er Challenge works:
- Print your Flat 14er Challenge checklists.
- Pick a peak.
- Start walking, running, jogging, biking, etc.
- For each mile you travel, fill in a triangle on the chart.
- Celebrate your success!
- Start the process over again for as many peaks as you'd like to hike.
You don't have to complete the roundtrip journey in a single go. Complete this challenge at your own pace, on your own time.
To download your files: Right-click on the images below and select "Open Image in New Tab" to view and print each page.
Here are Colorado's 14ers listed with suggested travel distances based on routes from 14ers.com:
- Blanca Peak (14,345 ft) ~ 17 miles roundtrip
- Capitol Peak (14,130 ft) ~ 17 miles roundtrip
- Castle Peak (14,279 ft) ~ 13.5 miles roundtrip
- Challenger Point (14,081 ft) ~ 12.5 miles roundtrip
- Conundrum (14,060 ft) ~ 13.5 miles roundtrip
- Crestone Needle (14,197 ft) ~ 12 miles roundtrip
- Crestone Peak (14,294 ft) ~ 14 miles roundtrip
- Culebra Peak (14,047 ft) ~ 5 miles roundtrip
- El Diente Peak (14,159 ft) ~ 15 miles roundtrip
- Ellingood Point (14,042 ft) ~ 17 miles roundtrip
- Grays Peak (14,270 ft) ~ 7.5 miles roundtrip
- Handies Peak (14,048 ft) ~ 8 miles roundtrip
- Humbolt Peak (14,064 ft) ~ 11 miles roundtrip
- Huron Peak (14,003 ft) ~ 6.5 miles roundtrip
- Kit Carson Peak (14,165 ft) ~ 14.5 miles roundtrip
- La Plata Peak (14,336 ft) ~ 7 miles roundtrip
- Little Bear Peak (14,037 ft) ~ 14 miles roundtrip
- Longs Peak (14,255 ft) ~ 14.5 miles roundtrip
- Maroon Peak (14,156 ft) ~ 12 miles roundtrip
- Missouri Mountain (14,067 ft) ~ 10.5 miles roundtrip
- Mt Antero (14,269 ft) ~ 16 miles roundtrip
- Mt Belford (14,197 ft) ~ 8 miles roundtrip
- Mt Bierstadt (14,060 ft) ~ 7 miles roundtrip
- Mt Bross (14,172 ft) ~ 7.5 miles roundtrip
- Mt. Cameron (14,238 ft) ~ 7.5 miles roundtrip
- Mt Columbia (14,073 ft) ~ 11.5 miles roundtrip
- Mt Democrat (14,148 ft) ~ 4 miles roundtrip
- Mt Elbert (14,433 ft) ~ 9.5 miles roundtrip
- Mt Eolus (14,083 ft) ~ 17 miles roundtrip
- Mt Evans (14, 264 ft) ~ 5.5 miles roundtrip
- Mt Harvard (14,420 ft) ~ 14 miles roundtrip
- Mt Lincoln (14,286 ft) ~ 6 miles roundtrip
- Mt Lindsey (14,042 ft) ~ 8.5 miles roundtrip
- Mt Massive (14,421 ft) ~ 14.5 miles roundtrip
- Mt of the Holy Cross (14,005 ft) ~ 12 miles roundtrip
- Mt Oxford (14,153 ft) ~ 11 miles roundtrip
- Mt Princeton (14,197 ft) ~ 6.5 miles roundtrip
- Mt Shavano (14,229 ft) ~ 9 miles roundtrip
- Mt Sherman (14,036 ft) ~ 4.5 miles roundtrip
- Mt Sneffels (14,150 ft) ~ 6 miles roundtrip
- Mt Wilson (14,246 ft) ~ 16 miles roundtrip
- Mt Yale (14,196 ft) ~ 9.5 miles roundtrip
- North Eolus (14,039 ft) ~ 17 miles roundtrip
- North Maroon Peak (14,014 ft) ~ 9.5 miles roundtrip
- Pikes Peak (14,110 ft) ~ 14 miles roundtrip
- Pyramid Peak (14,018 ft) ~ 8.5 miles roundtrip
- Quandry Peak (14,265 ft) ~ 4 miles roundtrip
- Redcloud Peak (14,034 ft) ~ 9 miles roundtrip
- San Luis Peak (14,014 ft) ~ 13.5 miles roundtrip
- Snowmass Mountain (14,092 ft) ~ 9 miles roundtrip
- Sunlight Peak (14,059 ft) ~ 17 miles roundtrip
- Sunshine Peak (14,001 ft) ~ 7 miles roundtrip
- Tabeguache Peak (14,155 ft) ~ 11 miles roundtrip
- Torreys Peak (14,267 ft) ~ 8 miles roundtrip
- Uncompahgre Peak (14,309 ft) ~ 7.5 miles roundtrip
- Wetterhorn Peak (14,015 ft) ~ 7 miles roundtrip
- Wilson Peak (14,017 ft) ~ 10 miles roundtrip
- Windom Peak (14,087 ft) ~ 17 miles roundtrip
Want to learn more about Colorado's highest peaks?
- About: Colorado Fourteeners Initiative
- Routes: 14ers.com