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Flat 14ers - A Hiking Challenge for Families

A free printable is included to help you hike your way through all 58 of Colorado's highest peaks

By Sarah Hauge, Publisher, Macaroni Kid, Englewood, Greenwood Village, Centennial July 26, 2023

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:

  1. Blanca Peak (14,345 ft) ~ 17 miles roundtrip
  2. Capitol Peak (14,130 ft) ~ 17 miles roundtrip
  3. Castle Peak (14,279 ft) ~ 13.5 miles roundtrip
  4. Challenger Point (14,081 ft) ~ 12.5 miles roundtrip
  5. Conundrum (14,060 ft) ~ 13.5 miles roundtrip
  6. Crestone Needle (14,197 ft) ~ 12 miles roundtrip
  7. Crestone Peak (14,294 ft) ~ 14 miles roundtrip
  8. Culebra Peak (14,047 ft) ~ 5 miles roundtrip
  9. El Diente Peak (14,159 ft) ~ 15 miles roundtrip
  10. Ellingood Point (14,042 ft) ~ 17 miles roundtrip
  11. Grays Peak (14,270 ft) ~ 7.5 miles roundtrip
  12. Handies Peak (14,048 ft) ~ 8 miles roundtrip
  13. Humbolt Peak (14,064 ft) ~ 11 miles roundtrip
  14. Huron Peak (14,003 ft) ~ 6.5 miles roundtrip
  15. Kit Carson Peak (14,165 ft) ~ 14.5 miles roundtrip
  16. La Plata Peak (14,336 ft) ~ 7 miles roundtrip
  17. Little Bear Peak (14,037 ft) ~ 14 miles roundtrip
  18. Longs Peak (14,255 ft) ~ 14.5 miles roundtrip
  19. Maroon Peak (14,156 ft) ~ 12 miles roundtrip
  20. Missouri Mountain (14,067 ft) ~ 10.5 miles roundtrip
  21. Mt Antero (14,269 ft) ~ 16 miles roundtrip
  22. Mt Belford (14,197 ft) ~ 8 miles roundtrip
  23. Mt Bierstadt (14,060 ft) ~ 7 miles roundtrip
  24. Mt Bross (14,172 ft) ~ 7.5 miles roundtrip
  25. Mt. Cameron (14,238 ft) ~ 7.5 miles roundtrip
  26. Mt Columbia (14,073 ft) ~ 11.5 miles roundtrip
  27. Mt Democrat (14,148 ft) ~ 4 miles roundtrip
  28. Mt Elbert (14,433 ft) ~ 9.5 miles roundtrip
  29. Mt Eolus (14,083 ft) ~ 17 miles roundtrip
  30. Mt Evans (14, 264 ft) ~ 5.5 miles roundtrip
  31. Mt Harvard (14,420 ft) ~ 14 miles roundtrip
  32. Mt Lincoln (14,286 ft) ~ 6 miles roundtrip
  33. Mt Lindsey (14,042 ft) ~ 8.5 miles roundtrip
  34. Mt Massive (14,421 ft) ~ 14.5 miles roundtrip
  35. Mt of the Holy Cross (14,005 ft) ~ 12 miles roundtrip
  36. Mt Oxford (14,153 ft) ~ 11 miles roundtrip
  37. Mt Princeton (14,197 ft) ~ 6.5 miles roundtrip
  38. Mt Shavano (14,229 ft) ~ 9 miles roundtrip
  39. Mt Sherman (14,036 ft) ~ 4.5 miles roundtrip
  40. Mt Sneffels (14,150 ft) ~ 6 miles roundtrip
  41. Mt Wilson (14,246 ft) ~ 16 miles roundtrip
  42. Mt Yale (14,196 ft) ~ 9.5 miles roundtrip
  43. North Eolus (14,039 ft) ~ 17 miles roundtrip
  44. North Maroon Peak (14,014 ft) ~ 9.5 miles roundtrip
  45. Pikes Peak (14,110 ft) ~ 14 miles roundtrip
  46. Pyramid Peak (14,018 ft) ~ 8.5 miles roundtrip
  47. Quandry Peak (14,265 ft) ~ 4 miles roundtrip
  48. Redcloud Peak (14,034 ft) ~ 9 miles roundtrip
  49. San Luis Peak (14,014 ft) ~ 13.5 miles roundtrip
  50. Snowmass Mountain (14,092 ft) ~ 9 miles roundtrip
  51. Sunlight Peak (14,059 ft) ~ 17 miles roundtrip
  52. Sunshine Peak (14,001 ft) ~ 7 miles roundtrip
  53. Tabeguache Peak (14,155 ft) ~ 11 miles roundtrip
  54. Torreys Peak (14,267 ft) ~ 8 miles roundtrip
  55. Uncompahgre Peak (14,309 ft) ~ 7.5 miles roundtrip
  56. Wetterhorn Peak (14,015 ft) ~ 7 miles roundtrip
  57. Wilson Peak (14,017 ft) ~ 10 miles roundtrip
  58. Windom Peak (14,087 ft) ~ 17 miles roundtrip

Want to learn more about Colorado's highest peaks?