Measuring Colorado’s mountains one hike at a time
Using lightweight tools, Eric Gilbertson hikes the world’s tallest mountains to measure their heights. Elijah Gendron In the middle of a chilly October night in 2025, my two friends and I suited up at the Cottonwood Creek trailhead and started a trek into the Sangre de Cristo mountains of Colorado. […]
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Using lightweight tools, Eric Gilbertson hikes the world’s tallest mountains to measure their heights. Elijah Gendron In the middle of a chilly October night in 2025, my two friends and I suited up at the Cottonwood Creek trailhead and started a trek into the Sangre de Cristo mountains of Colorado.
