The Forest Service wants Pitkin County to run the Maroon Bells, and car fees would triple. Why critics call it a test case, and how to comment by Oct. 9.
The Colorado Roadless Rule and its 4.2 million acres survive the federal repeal. What the exemption covers, what it misses, and how to comment by Sep 21.
CFI says 14er hiking hit a record low in 2025, but one closed road explains the drop. See the numbers, the busiest peaks, and how to plan around the crowds.
Bears Ears National Monument was just cut by 91 percent and Grand Staircase by 90. What monument status really protects, and what hikers can do now.
Boulder County commissioners voted 2-1 on June 30 to scrap a pilot that would have restricted certain trails to hikers, bikers, or equestrians on set
Interior opened public comment on new wilderness climbing guidance that protects fixed anchors — alongside a quieter review of wilderness study areas. Comments close Aug. 14.
Colorado’s 2026 legislative session brought wildlife crossings funding, tougher bear-feeding penalties, and a symbolic public-lands stand.
Photos courtesy of Lake County Search and Rescue (LCSAR). A record-dry winter has opened Colorado’s high country weeks early. But as a midweek rescue on
A state handoff takes effect Aug. 1. Now the volunteer association that has connected counties to helicopters and out-of-county teams for 53 years says it
The Interior Department published the final rescission of the BLM Public Lands Rule in the Federal Register on May 12, ending a 2024 policy that
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