Colorado Surveyors Claim New 14er Discovery Could Change Mountain Climbing Records

How a mountaineer discovered a potential 3.6-inch discrepancy that could result in a ‘new’ Colorado 14er

A surveyor says he has discovered a new Colorado 14er after hauling GPS equipment to the top two peaks in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. No, Eric Gilbertson did not suddenly locate a new 14,000-foot peak that nobody had ever seen before. Rather, Gilbertson said his measurements indicate that East Crestone Peak, long considered to be a subpeak of Crestone Peak, is actually a few inches taller than Crestone Peak. That would make East Crestone the…

How a mountaineer discovered a 3.6-inch discrepancy that could result in a ‘new’ Colorado 14er

A surveyor says he has discovered a new Colorado 14er after hauling GPS equipment to the top two peaks in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. No, Eric Gilbertson did not suddenly locate a new 14,000-foot peak that nobody had ever seen before. Rather, Gilbertson said his measurements indicate that East Crestone Peak, long considered to be a subpeak of Crestone Peak, is actually a few inches taller than Crestone Peak. That would make East Crestone the…

Colorado Surveyors Claim New 14er Discovery Could Change Mountain Climbing Records

A team of surveyors is claiming they've discovered a new 14er in Colorado, potentially upending the records of thousands of mountain climbers who thought they had conquered all of the state's peaks over 14,000 feet.The discovery centers on Crestone Peak in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, long considered Colorado's eighth tallest peak at 14,302 feet. But new measurements suggest East Crestone Peak, located just 400 feet away, is actually 3.6 inch…