Tag: Colorado Fourteeners Initiative
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Progress on new trail up Colorado 14er
A new trail continues to take shape on a 14,000-foot mountain in Colorado. Near the end of a fourth season of work, Colorado Fourteeners Initiative (CFI) has announced opening another rerouted section of the path up Mount Shavano. The nonprofit is counting more than 1 1/2 miles of new trail finished across the mountain’s lower…
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Alt-rock: Why some jam to the less-traveled, extreme sides of Colorado 14ers
In the 1990s, Andrew Hamilton was guiding river trips and in his spare time scaling Colorado’s highest peaks when he came by a book. It was the first edition of “Colorado’s Fourteeners: From Hikes to Climbs,” by legendary mountaineer Gerry Roach. Like many others who had grown up in the state, Hamilton was familiar with…
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‘Best office in the world’: Busy summer of trail work on Colorado 14ers
Five years ago, Carl Woody’s first job out of grad school took him to the slopes of Pikes Peak. “Best office in the world right there,” said the program director with Colorado Springs nonprofit Rocky Mountain Field Institute. His task: to build a new trail to the top of the peak above 14,000 feet. It’s…
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Another ‘milestone’ for new trail being built on Colorado 14er
The nonprofit builder of a new trail on a 14,000-foot mountain in Colorado is celebrating a “significant milestone” of a multi-year effort. That was the word from Colorado Fourteeners Initiative in a social media post announcing the opening of a second “bypass” on the lower slopes of Mount Shavano in Chaffee County. The first bypass…
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Colorado 14ers to see new trail construction, maintenance this summer
The nonprofit leader in building and maintaining trails on Colorado’s highest peaks enters the field season with plans to progress on an unprecedented project. Colorado Fourteeners Initiative is celebrating 30 years this summer. Mount Shavano represents “the most massive project that CFI has ever undertaken,” the organization’s executive director, Lloyd Athearn, has said. Eight years…
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Purchase of Colorado 14er praised as ‘landmark transaction’ for future of access
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Access to a controversial cluster of 14,000-foot peaks in Colorado has a new fate thanks to a “landmark transaction,” in the words of one advocate. The Conservation Fund, a leading nonprofit in land and water conservation across the nation, announced Thursday it had secured nearly…
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Colorado 14er hiking numbers plunge, according to new report
After unprecedented numbers during the 2020 pandemic, crowds on Colorado’s highest mountains continue to thin, according to a new study. The droves of 2020 led land managers and local law enforcement to establish restrictions and regulations across some of the most popular 14,000-foot peaks reached by Front Range populations. Colorado Fourteeners Initiative (CFI) points to…
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Joining the Colorado 14er craze this summer? Here’s where to start
Colorado’s prime fourteener season is still at least a few weeks away — snow clings to much of the high country — but controversy already simmers. For all of May, the popular trip known as DeCaLiBron is off-limits. Citing liability concerns, the landowner closed property on mounts Lincoln and Democrat, two along the trail covering…
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Survey gauging interest in possible reservations, shuttle at popular Colorado 14er
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As hiking crowds continue to surge at Colorado’s busiest 14,000-foot mountain, officials are wondering about the possibility of permits and shuttles. Online survey-takers are being asked “how likely” they would be to make reservations and board a ride to the Quandary Peak trailhead, off Colorado…
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942 hikers on one mountain in one day: a glimpse into record busy year for Colorado 14ers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The numbers are in from a season of stewardship on Colorado’s highest mountains. And some of the figures might be disturbing. For instance: 44,379 hikers were counted on Quandary Peak over the summer, what Colorado…