Here are seven of the steepest hikes with the most elevation gain in America. Mountain summits provide breathtaking views of ...

Take a scenic byway around the largest flat-top mountain in the world or hike trails in Aspen, Silverthorne, Crested Butte ...

The Colorado Fourteeners Initiative is a non-profit organization that preserves the group of 54 14,000-foot peaks known as ...

Compared with record numbers from 2020, it appears hiking has sharply dropped across Colorado's biggest mountains.

The temporary closure of the popular Decalibron Loop contributed to the decline in 2023, the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative ...

Of the two main routes to the summit, we prefer the South Mt. Elbert Trail, which is nontechnical but strenuous, gaining 4,800 feet in 5.8 miles. “It’s prettier, with better views” compared with the ...

Lockwood has Pikes Peak and Mount Elbert hikes that range up to 14,000 feet. “The trails are for everybody at the Lockwood Foundation,” Jeffrey Lockwood, the founder, said. “Our community ...

I was able to secure one of the coveted parking reservations for the Maroon Bells. I was excited about the possibility of ...

From a two-mile stroll in North Carolina to a 2,600-mile trek along the Pacific Crest, these hikes have had the most profound ...

Sara and Charles Thinger summited all 58 of Colorado’s tallest peaks. They wanted their son Reed Small to reach the top of ...

Since 2015, the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative has tracked the number of hikers who use the state’s highest peaks each year.