Tag: Grays And Torreys
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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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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 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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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…