Tag: Longs Peak
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Longs Peak climbers become incapacitated at 14,000 feet during winter push to summit
A rescue took place on Colorado’s 14,259-foot Longs Peak last Friday, highlighting how winter risks are still present in the state’s backcountry despite the general lack of typical snowpack. According to a press release from Rocky Mountain National Park, two male climbers age 47 and 50 requested assistance after becoming incapacitated while climbing Longs Peak’s…
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The allure of climbing a Colorado peak that’s claimed more than 70 lives
While Colorado is filled with mountain peaks, one in particular seems to have captured the widespread allure of sightseers and adventurers, alike – 14,259-foot Longs Peak. The only mountain in Rocky Mountain National Park that reaches an elevation of more than 14,000 feet above sea level, Longs Peak is known for its beauty, but its…
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A dive into vaunted speed records across Colorado’s outdoors
Joseph DeMoor has a confession to make. He knows it sounds silly, but he likes to see his name listed on the first page of fastestknowntime.com/athletes. There are, at last check, 487 pages you could scroll through — names listed with their number of fastest known times, or FKTs, as the rather obscure records are…
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Search underway for Colorado Springs man missing in Rocky Mountain National Park
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Rocky Mountain National Park rangers started the search Monday for a 23-year-old Colorado Springs man who went missing on Longs Peak on Sunday. The National Park Service said Lucas Macaj was reported overdue late Sunday night after setting out to summit the 14,259-foot mountain. His…
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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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New and old West found at Denver area park — and a view that dazzles
DOUGLAS COUNTY • He heard about the bison. But John Boucuvalas knew little else about the place he was going one morning this summer. He was just passing through when he pulled off the highway between Denver and Colorado Springs and thought he was mistaken. “I couldn’t tell if it was some stupid housing complex…
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Quintessential Colorado: 12 iconic destinations to visit in Rocky Mountain National Park
In our popular consciousness, Rocky Mountain National Park is a mere image, a postcard, a simplified idea of quintessential Colorado: big mountains scraping a big sky. But to truly appreciate the park, you have to know its specifics — the pieces, the dimensions, that all together paint an even more magnificent picture. Here we reminisce…
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1 killed, 2 injured in falls at Rocky Mountain National Park; dead climber identified
One person died and two people were seriously injured after they fell around the Longs Peak area of Rocky Mountain National Park on Friday and Sunday, a spokesperson said. Editors note: Tuesday, the Boulder County Coroner identified Jadyn Weiss, 21, of Severance, as the climber who fell to her death Sunday in the Flying Dutchman couloir.…
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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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Estes Park’s Elkhorn Avenue loaded with food, fun | Main Street Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save About the series Main Street Colorado is a summer series spotlighting downtown stretches of mountain towns that altogether give the state its undeniable character. In 1864, one of Colorado’s foremost men, William Byers, set his sights on Longs Peak. The climb up the 14,000-foot mountain…