Tag: 14ers
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Colorado’s 14er base camps: Where to climb and spoil yourself afterward
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Snow has melted from Colorado’s high country. Consider it nature’s invitation to climb. The state’s tallest summits await. So many to do. So little time. The most avid climber needs a base camp, a place…
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Late season snow and new weather station for Pikes Peak
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save I spy with my naked eye patches of white amid the shadowy terrain of the north face of Pikes Peak, which is visible from some neighborhoods in Teller County. But August drifts into September, the…
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Late season snow and new weather station for Pikes Peak
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save I spy with my naked eye patches of white amid the shadowy terrain of the north face of Pikes Peak, which is visible from some neighborhoods in Teller County. But August drifts into September, the…
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Tracking the unexpected: Pikes Peak is getting a new high-tech weather station
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save I spy with my naked eye patches of white amid the shadowy terrain of the north face of Pikes Peak, which is visible from some neighborhoods in Teller County. But in late August, the cold…
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New report finds Colorado 14er hiking ticking up from previous low
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s tallest peaks continue to see far fewer people compared with record waves from five years ago. That’s according to the latest hiking estimates from Colorado Fourteeners Initiative (CFI), the nonprofit tracking annual numbers. The count was around 415,000 during the COVID-19 pandemic, a time…
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Alt-rock: Why some jam to the less-traveled, extreme sides of Colorado 14ers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the 1990s, Andrew Hamilton was guiding river trips and in his spare time scaling Colorado’s highest peaks when he came by a book. It was the first edition of “Colorado’s Fourteeners: From Hikes to Climbs,” by legendary mountaineer Gerry Roach. Like many others who…
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Amid controversy, new book traces detailed history of Colorado 14er names
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In 2017, during a meeting of the Denver Fortnightly Club, the historic literary organization founded and continued by women, Jeri Norgren listened to a reading about the group’s role in the naming of Mount Evans. The club signed a petition for the 14,000-foot mountain’s honoree,…