Featured Hikes
  • After signing in at the registry, we started the long dark hike up.  We were lucky that the weather was cooperating, as in there was minimal wind.  This hike is notorious for severe and changing weather...

    Longs Peak

    After signing in at the registry, we started the long dark hike up. We were lucky that the weather was cooperating, as in there was minimal wind. This hike is notorious for severe and changing weather…

  • Out of the 14ers that I have hiked, this one is one of the easier ones.  If you can drive up to the trailhead and start the hike at the trailhead, the length of the trail is not bad at all.  We started our hike at...

    Uncompahgre Peak

    Out of the 14ers that I have hiked, this one is one of the easier ones. If you can drive up to the trailhead and start the hike at the trailhead, the length of the trail is not bad at all. We started our hike at…

  • Holy Cross Wilderness is definitely an amazing and breathtaking area.  This area features the Sawatch Range, including Mt. of the Holy Cross, a 14er, and many alpine lakes.  This is a great loop hike that allows you. . .

    Missouri Lakes/Pass, Fancy Lake/Pass, Holy Cross City Loop

    Holy Cross Wilderness is definitely an amazing and breathtaking area. This area features the Sawatch Range, including Mt. of the Holy Cross, a 14er, and many alpine lakes. This is a great loop hike that allows you. . .

Editors' Picks
  • How can you spend a day on a Fourteener, help maintain, restore, and construct some of the best-made trails in Colorado, get your heart-rate pumping to burn approximately 6,000 calories without realizing...

    Volunteer for Colorado Fourteeners Initiative

    How can you spend a day on a Fourteener, help maintain, restore, and construct some of the best-made trails in Colorado, get your heart-rate pumping to burn approximately 6,000 calories without realizing...

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  • As wildfires continue to ravage Colorado, residents are desperate to help in any way they can. A group of talented Colorado designers, marketers and printers have quickly. . .

    Look Good and Help Colorado!

    As wildfires continue to ravage Colorado, residents are desperate to help in any way they can. A group of talented Colorado designers, marketers and printers have quickly. . .

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  • Take a quick peak at our current advisory map before you head out on your next trail!  It is always better to be safe!

    Crisis Map: Current Fire Dangers

    Take a quick peak at our current advisory map before you head out on your next trail! It is always better to be safe!

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  • To be safe, warm and comfortable in the great outdoors you need to respect and understand. . .

    Water – Don’t get Wet.

    To be safe, warm and comfortable in the great outdoors you need to respect and understand. . .

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  • If you wouldn’t eat it at home, why eat it in the backcountry? That’s the principle Laurie Ann March, author of A Fork in the Trail, bases her. . .

    Become a Backcountry Gourmand

    If you wouldn’t eat it at home, why eat it in the backcountry? That’s the principle Laurie Ann March, author of A Fork in the Trail, bases her. . .

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  • Exploring the wilderness in winter is a wonderful experience. You are far from the crowds, in a hushed tranquil world of white. Whether gliding through a. . .

    Guide to Winter Camping

    Exploring the wilderness in winter is a wonderful experience. You are far from the crowds, in a hushed tranquil world of white. Whether gliding through a. . .

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  • We will be taking advantage of the free admittance into Rocky Mountain National Park this weekend.  First "car" camping of the season.  We are excited!  I may also have to try out this clever little tip.  I'll post back with how it goes.

    DIY – Tent Lantern

    We will be taking advantage of the free admittance into Rocky Mountain National Park this weekend. First "car" camping of the season. We are excited! I may also have to try out this clever little tip. I'll post back with how it goes.

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  • This pack is perfect for all my needs. It just so happens that the name of this model is “Fourteener”. I am able to carry a waterproof jacket, waterproof pants, a thin fleece jacket,

    CamelBak Fourteener 26 Hydration Pack

    This pack is perfect for all my needs. It just so happens that the name of this model is “Fourteener”. I am able to carry a waterproof jacket, waterproof pants, a thin fleece jacket,

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  • This park has a lot great trails and it is just a short drive from Denver.  You can pick and choose the trails you want to do and create several different loops from all of the. . .

    Alderfer/Three Sisters Park (North section)

    This park has a lot great trails and it is just a short drive from Denver. You can pick and choose the trails you want to do and create several different loops from all of the. . .

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  • This is a very popular hike as it leads to a beautiful lake tucked away in a mountainside.  This lake is very scenic with its teal blue waters and its cascading . . .

    Hanging Lake

    This is a very popular hike as it leads to a beautiful lake tucked away in a mountainside. This lake is very scenic with its teal blue waters and its cascading . . .

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  • This is a pretty easy trail that is at the outskirts of Rocky Mtn. National Park.  You can enter the park without having to pay the entrance fee at this trailhead.  If you do want to do overnight camping. . .

    Gem Lake

    This is a pretty easy trail that is at the outskirts of Rocky Mtn. National Park. You can enter the park without having to pay the entrance fee at this trailhead. If you do want to do overnight camping. . .

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