LEADVILLE — Though it may lack in true climbing excitement compared with many of the state’s 14,000-foot mountains, hiking Colorado’s highest point, Mount Elbert, provides a textbook Rocky Mountain ...

How To Get There • Drive south on U.S. Highway 24 through Leadville and turn west onto Colorado Highway 300 after more than three miles. • After three-quarters of a mile, turn left onto Lake County ...

A hiker huddled in a makeshift snow cave for hours while awaiting rescue from a Colorado 14er after becoming disoriented on a winter hike. Colorado has received abundant snowfall in recent weeks due ...

As I crested the ridge, I could see Mount Elbert’s summit in the distance and a mass of people milling about. Not surprising, I thought to myself. It was a sunny Saturday in June, a busy time on the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Colorado’s fourteen thousand foot peaks are ...

The CT Series is a special series of hiking articles about the Colorado Trail that runs from May through October. The CT is a unique and well-maintained continuous trail, spanning 485 miles from ...

When a hiker who had ventured out to explore Mount Elbert, Colorado’s highest peak, last week did not return by the end of the day as planned, a person worried about their safety called authorities to ...