Tag: Mount Democrat
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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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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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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…