Hiker count on Colorado 14ers falls to 10-year low. And that’s fine.
admin 256,000 hikers counted on 58 14ers in 2025 is down from 415,000 in 2020. The decline shows traffic is spread…
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Drop in winter spending in Colorado mountain towns in has communities cutting budgets
Spending in 18 Colorado mountain towns dropped to a 4-year low in 2025-26, when snow didn’t fall. But communities are…
It’s not just a race. It’s a route. Running the “Softrock 100” from Silverton to Telluride and back
A four-day scramble along the Hardrock 100 route - more than 100 miles through the San Juans - is known…
Gunnison Valley answers annual call to help their neighbors fight cancer — even for reluctant recipients
The 27th annual Living Journeys Summit Hike drew more than 400 to the summit of Mount Crested Butte on “the…
“The Casual Enormity of Adam Palmer” details the impact of the Eagle father, athlete and community leader
Adam Palmer, who died in an avalanche in 2021, helped steer his Eagle County community toward cleaner, more sustainable energy
50 years after Colorado’s famous fourteener climb, a new generation heads for the summits
About 500 climbers will fan out across the state’s highest peaks this weekend to commemorate Colorado’s 150th anniversary and reimagine…
Teen boy killed, four others injured by lightning on Mount Blue Sky
A second minor was airlifted to a hospital in the Denver metro area with serious injuries, authorities said. Three adults…
Sweetwater residents blast Forest Service plan for development around Sweetwater Lake
A White River National Forest plan calls for a lodge, campsites, cabins, employee housing and an equestrian center around Sweetwater…
Firefighters, biologists work together to rescue Uncompahgre cutthroat from charred forest
A one-of-a-kind fish rescue removed 103 Uncompahgre cutthroat trout from Nate Creek in the middle of the Gold Mountain fire…
Colorado’s Western Slope D.C lawmakers propose legislation to block controversial Glenwood Springs limestone mine expansion
The Glenwood Springs Protection Act would block BLM approval of controversial plan to expand a gravel quarry above the tourist-dependent…