What is Mount Elbert?
{{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Elbert | etymology = [[Samuel Hitt Elbert]] | photo = Mt. Elbert.jpg | photo_size = | photo_caption = Mount Elbert seen from Turquoise Lake | elevation_system = NAVD88 | elevation = 14,427 ft (4397 m) | elevation_ref = <ref name=GNIS>{{cite gnis|id=180381|name=Mount Elbert|access-date=September 24, 2022}}</ref> | prominence = 9093 ft (2772 m) | prominence_ref = <ref name=PB>{{cite web|url=http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=5736|title= Mount Elbert, Colorado|publisher=Peakbagger.com|access-date=December 30, 2015}}</ref> | isolation = | isolation_ref = | parent_peak = | map = Colorado | map_caption = '''[[Colorado]]''' | location = [[Lake County, Colorado|Lake County]], [[Colorado]], [[United States|U.S.]]<ref name=PB/> | range = Highest summit of the<br />[[Rocky Mountains]],<br />[[Southern Rocky Mountains]], and<br />[[Sawatch Range]].<ref name=PB/> | coordinates = {{coord|39.1177508|N|106.4453584|W|type:mountain_region:US-CO_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = <ref name=GNIS/> | topo = [[United States Geological Survey#Topographic mapping|USGS 7.5' topographic map]]<br />Mount Elbert, Colorado<ref name=GNIS/> | first_ascent = 1874 by Henry W. Stuckle | easiest_route = trail hike ([[Yosemite Decimal System|class 1]]) }} '''Mount Elbert''' is a [[mountain]] in the state of [[Colorado]] in the [[United States]]. It is about 14,427 feet (4397m) high.<ref name=GNIS/> It is the tallest mountain of the [[Rocky Mountains]]. Mount Elbert is the fourteenth-highest mountain in the United States, and the second-highest in the [[contiguous United States]]. ==Environment== Mount Elbert is in [[Lake County, Colorado|Lake County]], Colorado. In Lake County, the [[average]] high temperature is 70 degrees Fahrenheit (21°C) and the average low temperature is 15°F (-9°C). Lake County has an average [[snowfall]] of over 115 inches (292cm) per year.<ref name=LakeCo>{{cite web|url=https://www.lakecountyco.com/human-resources/pages/living