Tag: Fourteeners
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Colorado 14er reopens through waiver requirement
Legal access is returning to a 14,000-foot peak in Colorado. Mount Lindsey is reopening to individuals through an online waiver, which Colorado Fourteeners Initiative (CFI) announced in a Facebook post Tuesday. The post included a link to the website, mountlindseywaiver.com, where the waiver can be electronically signed and kept before one embarks to the privately…
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3 challenging summer hikes in Colorado to start planning now
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Longs Peak via the Keyhole Route: The only fourteener in Rocky Mountain National Park, Longs Peak (14,259 feet) requires some preparation — and plenty of nerve. Not only do you have to start hiking the 15-mile (round-trip) route, which rises some 5,000 feet in elevation,…
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Incredible journey: 54 fourteeners, 54 years, 2 lost toes, countless memories
COSTILLA COUNTY • Despite a lifetime of exploring, Dan Crossey never thought he’d make it to this dot on the map. And, frankly, he was quite fine with that. Crossey had, after all, stood atop Colorado’s grandest mountains, starting in 1969 with Humboldt Peak and finishing in style three decades later on the picturesque but…
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Pikes Peak Plummet proves a memorable mountain biking ride down America’s Mountain
If the world was all but flat, if the tallest mountain on the planet had about 30 feet of vertical, there’d be some guy named Brody with a camera strapped to his chest ready to hurl himself down it on a bicycle. The YouTube video would be titled in all caps, punctuated by two to…
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Prolific Colorado Springs runner notches record on state’s highest peak
A Colorado Springs runner has claimed record speed up the state’s highest mountain. The de facto gatekeeper of such outdoor records, fastestknowntime.com, has entered Joseph Gray’s time of one hour, four minutes and 51 seconds as unmatched from the Halfmoon trailhead to the top of Mount Elbert above 14,400 feet. Gray logged the ascent covering…
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A look at 20-plus Colorado 14ers named for people, as Evans change is contended
In 2017, Jeri Norgren discovered a personal, indirect connection to the controversy swirling around the name of one of Colorado’s highest peaks. A fifth-generation native and history buff, Norgren was a member at a meeting for the 141-year-old literary organization Denver Fortnightly Club. There was mention of the group’s “instrumental” role in christening Mount Evans.…
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Colorado woman joins small ‘frozen fourteeners’ club
When she summited Capitol Peak on Jan. 24, Denver’s Natalie Moran joined an exclusive mountaineering club. It’s known in certain circles as the Frozen Fourteeners Club — a small band of enthusiasts with the fitness, know-how and thick skin to ascend all of Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks in their imposing, perilous winter conditions. Respected in those…
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Colorado Fourteeners Initiative recaps year of work across several mountains
Colorado’s leading agency committed to safe, environmentally friendly trails on the state’s biggest mountains recently released a 2021 recap of work across several slopes. Colorado Fourteeners Initiative returned to the state’s highest peak this summer, after last year finishing new trail construction on Mount Elbert’s east ridge. Now multi-year construction focuses on the northeast ridge.…
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Colorado Fourteeners Initiative recaps year of work across several mountains
Colorado’s leading agency committed to safe, environmentally friendly trails on the state’s biggest mountains recently released a 2021 recap of work across several slopes. Colorado Fourteeners Initiative returned to the state’s highest peak this summer, after last year finishing new trail construction on Mount Elbert’s east ridge. Now multi-year construction focuses on the northeast ridge.…
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Happy Trails: Bagging three Colorado 14ers in one fell swoop
Belford-Oxford-Missouri loop Life is different above tree line. The wind blows harder. The sun shines brighter. And everything moves slower. There is, after all, a reason why trees stop growing at about 12,000 feet. Keep that in mind if you find yourself hiking through Missouri Gulch in the Sawatch Range of central Colorado. The trail…