An estimated 1,650 hikers poop each year on Colorado’s tallest and busiest 14er. And because what those hikers do with their waste can have widespread environmental and human impacts, PACT Outdoors, a ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Lake County Search and Rescue crews over the weekend responded to three different calls for help on popular Colorado 14ers. Two of the calls were on Mount Massive and one, which ...

COLORADO, USA — The number of people hiking Colorado's 14,000-foot mountains dropped last year to the lowest level since 2015, according to data from the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative. The ...

DENVER (KDVR) — While meteorological summer is a week away, trails above 10,000 feet remain snowpacked. Lake County Search and Rescue had a busy Monday when crews responded to two separate calls on ...

Mike Epke, left, and Aaron Payne make the final push to the summit of Handies Peak in the San Juan Mountains. The hikers have both completed more than 40 of Colorado’s 58 fourteeners. Colorado’s ...

CASCADE, CO — Over three decades and countless miles, Loretta McEllhiney has designed (or realigned) all but two of the sustainable trails that ascend Colorado's vast array of mountains that exceed 14 ...

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 ...

1. What kind of shape do I need to be in to climb a 14er? Ideally? You can run a 5K. But if you’re at a good weight, regular physical activity may be enough, from a couple softball games a week to a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — While meteorological summer ...