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 ...
DENVER (KDVR) — If you climbed one of Colorado’s 14ers during 2024, you were one of thousands of outdoor enthusiasts who also summited one of those peaks. That’s according to a new report by the ...
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 ...
What is your favorite hiking trail in Colorado? As a casual hiker, I enjoy beginner treks like the Alberta Falls Trail, which offers rock skipping, cute little critters, and a beautiful 30-foot ...
In the middle of a chilly October night in 2025, my two friends and I suited up at the Cottonwood Creek trailhead and started a trek into the Sangre de Cristo mountains of Colorado. It was a little ...
Despite Aspen’s global fame, the local stock of 14ers draws fewer recreationists to their slopes than the rest of the state. The Elk Mountain Range’s 14,000-foot peaks — which include Castle, Maroon, ...
Colorado Fourteeners Initiative in recent years has rerouted a section of Black Cloud Trail on Mount Elbert — part of an alternate route the nonprofit’s executive director, Lloyd Athearn, recommends ...
PARKER, Colo. — Hiking all 58 of Colorado's 14ers was already a tough task. Beth Leleck, who has multiple sclerosis, just finished her mission of climbing all 58 of Colorado's 14ers — or mountains ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The non-profit Colorado Fourteeners Initiative will use $250,000 in state funding this summer to hire seasonal work crews for trail maintenance on a dozen ...