Louise Barton remembers the exact backpacking moment when her career path changed. “I’m a botanist by training. I started working for the Forest Service and we were in Yellowstone doing huge off-trail ...

After Kevin Silvernale finished thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in 2016, he was hooked and started devising his own long-distance trail. The 34-year-old Colorado local went on to hike the ...

Ever since Jan Rastall met Gudy Gaskill, known as the mother of The Colorado Trail, Rastall dreamed of hiking it from start to finish in one trip. It took her 27 years to commit, but last summer, at ...

In Colorado, these top-rated hot spring hikes combine alpine scenery, river valleys, forested trails, and natural mineral ...

Mike Epke, left, and Aaron Payne make the final push to the summit of Handies Peak in the San Juan Mountains. The hikers have both completed more than 40 of Colorado’s 58 fourteeners. Colorado’s ...

Compared with record numbers from 2020, it appears hiking has sharply dropped across Colorado's biggest mountains. That's according to Colorado Fourteeners Initiative, which recently released its ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. With towering mountains and vast swaths of wild forests, Colorado has earned a reputation for being outdoorsy. Winter transforms Colorado into ...

As dark, ominous clouds drifted over Quandary Peak early Wednesday afternoon, Denver residents Justin Burt, Wilder Ripley and Eli Amparan sauntered back to the parking lot after summiting the ...

On Thursday, June 5, rescuers in Southern Colorado boarded a helicopter and flew high into the Sangre de Cristo range of the Rocky Mountains. They plucked a hiker off the southwest flanks of ...