Pikes Peak is not the only Colorado 14er still covered in snow, which isn't unusual in early summer. All major routes on Longs Peak are snow- and ice-covered, according to Rocky Mountain National ...

At 3:20 a.m. on the first day of winter, Dec. 21, Chris Deuto left the Longs Peak trailhead aiming for the Diamond: a 900-foot wall of vertical granite on the mountain’s northeast face.