Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks saw a slight increase in foot traffic for the first time since the pandemic drove record-high visitation to the mountains, according to hiker use estimates published this ...

Mike Epke, left, and Aaron Payne make the final push to the summit of Handies Peak in the San Juan Mountains. The hikers have both completed more than 40 of Colorado’s 58 fourteeners. Colorado’s ...

As dark, ominous clouds drifted over Quandary Peak early Wednesday afternoon, Denver residents Justin Burt, Wilder Ripley and Eli Amparan sauntered back to the parking lot after summiting the ...

Dig climbing Colorado’s storied 14,000-foot peaks? You aren’t alone: 500,000 people attempt to bag one of our 58 high-country monarchs every year. But those mountains just don’t take care of ...

The arrival of summer means more hikers seeking high-altitude summits — and more rescues when they get into trouble. That was evident this weekend, when a lightning strike on a couple of Colorado ...

The hiker had fallen just below the summit of the mountain and suffered a leg injury Monday afternoon, prompting a nine-hour ...

Summit County resident Tim Campbell has always been drawn to the thrill of climbing. Even though he grew up in an area of ...

Crews will be working to maintain the trails that lead hikers to the summits of some of Colorado’s most popular 14,000-foot peaks this summer. The Colorado Fourteeners Initiative has projects planned ...

While the data itself suggests a new peak designation nay be in order, the summit has not officially been declared a “new” ...

DENVER — When Jonathan Sperlazza finished the 14ers this September, he had his best bud Jackson by his side. Jackson, a golden retriever, has hiked 47 of Colorado's 14ers, just shy of Sperlazza's full ...

Colorado's tallest peaks continue to see far fewer people compared with record waves from five years ago. That's according to the latest hiking estimates from Colorado Fourteeners Initiative (CFI), ...