Highest peak
Black Elk Peak
7,242 ft / 2,207 m
Most prominent peak
Black Elk Peak
2,922 ft / 890 m prom
Most summited peak
Black Elk Peak
198 summits
Most difficult peak
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Difficulty breakdown
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Highlights
Latest summits
"Very pleasant hike to the summit from Terry Summit Road. Hiked the last 0.75 mile each way. Enjoyed the vistas from the Fire Lookout.
Am concerned about the new residential developments that are going in, as this will reduce the opportunity to hike some of the other unnamed peaks along Terry Summit Road. Already, utilities going in and "for sale" and "no trespassing" signs are being installed along parts of the corridor. " — rick-brown • May 18, 2024
"My first 7ker and State High Point summit ever as me and my friends climbed up Black Elk Peak. From the summit and lookout tower we could only see 3 miles out because of the canadian wildfire smoke. Roundtrip was 7 miles, 4 hours 45 minutes. The Black Elk Peak Trail aka Trail 9 is mostly easy but moderate at the end. Be careful walking over loose rocks, slippery rocks, or logs other than that it's a great hike overall." — timothywittrock1 • May 18, 2023
"Very hungover hike with Danny from Sylvan Lake. We opted for the loop. Lots of people out hiking Black Elk. Trails were easy to navigate. It was a very hot an humid day. We were happy to get back to the car when we were done. " — LGH-Tom • Aug 3, 2022
"It was 42 degrees when I started. I expected rain, so I packed my rain gear- just in case. I made it up to the summit in just under two hours taking trail #9. The tread was good with few rocks as I'm used to. The work that went into making the tower on the summit is really incredible. Anyway, I had the summit for about 10 minutes before a group of kids appeared. One of them immediately put his empty water bottle on the wall and watched it blow away. I decided to loop around on trails #3 and #4 instead of going back down #9. Soon it started to rain. Then the rain turned to snow. Fortunately I was prepared so it wasn't that bad, although it was pretty windy. " — Hillary • May 22, 2017
"We parked off the fork in road, 1.25 mile from summit, followed trail. 1 hour hike up. Temperature 65F, Low humidity, light breeze, kept the bugs away. Wind picked up, time to leave. Great pine smells up and back" — BadlandsBill • May 6, 2017