Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado is one of my favorite places in the world. With 14,000 foot peaks, alpine lakes, waterfalls and wildlife, it's everything a hiker or backpacker could want in [...]
The Colorado rocky mountains are a beautiful and amazing place to explore, but it's also a dangerous setting with plenty of risk. Even with the best planning and preparation, accidents and injuries can [...]
Whether you're skiing in Breckenridge or visiting during the summer, 14ers offer an exciting way to spend a day exploring the Colorado rocky mountains around you. You're in luck as there are many [...]
There are few better places to serve as a fourteener base camp than the town of Buena Vista, Colorado. Situated in the Arkansas River Valley, it's bordered by the massive Sawatch Range, home [...]
Pikes Peak towers over Colorado Springs, with its Barr Trail trailhead just a 20 minute drive from the city. No other major city in the state of Colorado is so close to a [...]
Grays Peak, along with its twin Torreys Peak, is an easy summer fourteener, no more than a long hike with significant elevation gain. However, Climbing Grays Peak in Winter have many more challenges [...]
For the past sixteen years, public access to Mount Bross has been closed due to liability concerns of the owners. However, that doesn't stop thousands of people from illegally summiting the mountain anyways, [...]
When it comes to climbing 14ers, Class 1 and 2 peaks aren't a huge technical challenge. With enough stamina and gear, almost anyone can hike up and scramble over boulders to one of [...]
While most of Colorado's 14ers are an easy hike or scramble, a handful can be quite difficult to climb. With steep Class 3 and 4 climbing, dramatic exposure to cliffs and drop-offs, and [...]
While May in Denver is warm, sunny, and snow-free, you'll find very different conditions in much of the high country. This leads to problems when unprepared city-dwellers head to the hills in flip-flops [...]
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