View from Colorado's Wet Mountains looking south toward the Spanish Peaks in the distance. Geologists from the University of Colorado Boulder have laid out a timeline for the emergence of the Spanish ...

In Southern Colorado, the Spanish Peaks appear as a pair, a “double mountain” of mystical significance to Native peoples. Neither the West nor the East Spanish Peak is a fourteener, yet they soar ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Two distinctive mountains that tower over the prairie of southern Colorado have gone by many names. To the Native Americans they were sacred and known as ...

A team has collected dozens of samples from across southeastern Colorado, and their results could help to answer an enduring mystery: What made Colorado's High Plains so high? If you've driven the ...

UNVISITED COLORADO: This story is part of a series about off-the-beaten-track parts of Colorado that are worth a visit. Spanish Peaks Wilderness • These mountains have gone by many names. The American ...

View from Colorado's Wet Mountains looking south toward the Spanish Peaks in the distance. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert!

If you’ve driven the mostly flat stretch of I-25 in Colorado from Pueblo to Trinidad, you’ve seen them: the Spanish Peaks, twin mountains that soar into the sky out of nowhere, reaching altitudes of ...