Mount Harvard

Colorado

Colorado

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12.8 mi

Distance

4,610 ft

Gain

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What we do know

  • Inside Pike and San Isabel National Forests

    2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.

    Boundary data

What's missing

  • No access route mapped

    We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.

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Why you'll love it

Big climb
Out & back

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Mount Harvard

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Elevation & route

Distance
12.8 mi
Elevation gain
4,610 ft
Highest point
14,421 ft
Lowest point
9,882 ft
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Permits & access

Managing agency
Forest Service

About this trail

Programmatic route to the summit of Mount Harvard (14,421 ft) from North Cottonwood Creek. Round-trip distance 12.86 mi with 4,610 ft of ascent. Generated via OpenStreetMap trails + OpenRouteService foot-hiking routing.

Facts about this trail

The climb

High point
14,421 ft
Length (round trip)
13 mi
Shape
Out and back

Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)

Where it is

Managed by
Forest Service

Source: USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1 (summit)

Conditions

Active alerts for Salida Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)

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