The Diamond is the sheer and prominent east face of Longs Peak and named for the shape of the cliff. The face has a vertical gain of more than 900 feet (270 m) all above an elevation of 13,000 feet (4,000 m).

Jul 16, 2021 · On Longs, clouds build up toward the west, invisible from the Diamond. In minutes, the cobalt sky can mutate into a swirling gray-black mass that can soak the wall with alarming ferocity—first with a violent battery of rain, hail, and snow, then by lighting it on fire.

Sep 8, 2006 · There is the vertical arena of the Diamond, the Lower East Face, The Upper East Face, Chasm View Wall, the North Face/Ridge, The Southern Ridge (s), the West Face, Ship's Prow, Keyboard of the Winds, & The Palisades. A hike up to the eastern cirque of Long's is probably one of the more scenic hikes in the Front Range.

Mar 1, 2007 · Glaciers sculpted Longs Peak over the last 200,000 years, leaving behind a 1,700-foot mosaic of gray and tan granite: the east face cirque. At the heart of it, above everything else, is the Diamond.

Aug 28, 2018 · The Diamond is the sheer, vertical, intimidating East Face of Longs Peak. Perched at almost 14,000 feet, solid granite and beautiful climbs make it one of th...

Aug 17, 2008 · The Diamond is the uppermost 1000 feet of Longs Peak’s East Face. The Face is vertical to slightly overhanging. It is approached by climbing the 5th class lower east face for 600 feet.

The First Ascent of the Diamond, East Face of Longs Peak. David Rearick, Sierra Club. Longs Peak, in Rocky Mountain National Park, is one of the best-known and most-climbed mountains in the United States.

The D1 is the original technical climbing route up the Diamond of Longs Peak. In 1954, when National Park Service was petitioned to allow climbing on the Diamond they responded with an official closure.

Aug 31, 2021 · The Casual Route (5.10a) is the most iconic line up the East Face of Longs Peak in Colorado, better known as the Diamond. Technically, the climb is The Integral Route —the name given to it by Chris Revely and Duncan Ferguson after their first ascent in 1977.

Aug 2, 2010 · The east face’s sheer, 2,000-foot-high (609-meter-high) Diamond is a true, big mountain adventure that requires confidence in climbing 5.10 rock and the guts to sleep out in a...