Standing atop a heap of mining waste with Colorado’s highest summit, Mount Elbert, in the distance, Michael says the rubble has a higher concentration of gold than many large mines now operating ...

I was able to secure one of the coveted parking reservations for the Maroon Bells. I was excited about the possibility of ...

Sara and Charles Thinger summited all 58 of Colorado’s tallest peaks. They wanted their son Reed Small to reach the top of ...

Earlier this month, with the help of a one-wheel mobility device for narrow trails and a team of 51 volunteers, 53-year-old Layne climbed Mount Elbert, Colorado's highest peak at 14,438 feet.

From a two-mile stroll in North Carolina to a 2,600-mile trek along the Pacific Crest, these hikes have had the most profound ...

The Colorado Fourteeners Initiative is a non-profit organization that preserves the group of 54 14,000-foot peaks known as ...

On his 50th birthday, he climbed his first fourteener – Mt. Elbert. In the following years he and his wife, Marie Fitzpatrick, joined friends on many other hikes in the U.S. and abroad.

The temporary closure of the popular Decalibron Loop contributed to the decline in 2023, the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative ...

Take a scenic byway around the largest flat-top mountain in the world or hike trails in Aspen, Silverthorne, Crested Butte ...

Compared with record numbers from 2020, it appears hiking has sharply dropped across Colorado's biggest mountains.

Piles of mine waste that loom above the historic Colorado mountain town of Leadville are a reminder of the city's boom days.