Colorado Trails

Growing crowds on the summit and an overflowing parking lot prompt officials to ponder limiting access.

The ranch containing Culebra Peak in the Sangre de Cristo Range is for sale for $105 million.

The Beatles legend tweeted a hiking shot from an undisclosed trail.

Fire crews have mostly contained the Peak 2 Fire that closed the trails.

A startup hopes to install its high-tech screens on safety bars at Winter Park and Wachusett Mountain next season.

The Secretary of the Interior ordered the BLM to speed up its review of oil and gas permits in July.

The 25-year-old Parker man fell 150 to 300 feet.

The bipartisan Every Kid Outdoors Act would give all 4th graders free access to national parks.

Wildlife officials warn hikers about a recent increase in snake sightings--and bites.

Wildlife officials captured the black bear in the same campground where a 19-year-old was dragged from his tent last week.

The Anne E. White Trail was closed after the 2013 floods.

A surge in rescues of unprepared hikers prompted the warning.

The 19-year-old camp counselor escaped with minor injuries.

The Outdoor Retailer trade shows will move to Colorado starting in January 2018.

The state's recreation industry brings in $28 billion per year.

The first mosquitos of the year to test positive for the disease were trapped last week.

Officer Steven Beare of Littleton disappeared on Mt. Elbrus in mid-June.

A moose spotted hanging around Broomfield's FlatIron Crossing mall was darted and returned to the wilderness.

Rapidgrass highlights Idaho Springs, trail running, and gold mining in their latest music video.

Animal-related crashes are on the rise, endangering both wildlife and drivers on Colorado's roads.

Growing visitation and shrinking budgets squeeze state public lands.

Limiting hunting is part of a new plan to manage the growing elk herd in the Lyons-area park.

Colorado Parks & Wildlife Officials remind hikers and homeowners alike to be on the lookout for the large ungulates.

An 8-year-old Front Range boy died after slipping on the Glenwood Springs trail.

Search & Rescue crews used the new airborne tool to find a pair of lost hikers in the Pike National Forest within two hours.

Activewear company's Instagram post showing models doing yoga in the Glenwood Springs lake angered many.

Chris Bombardier became the first person with hemophilia to stand on top of the world last May.

A marauding black bear has been rifling through suburban trash cans.

The Colorado Trail Explorer site features 39,000 miles of mapped trails--with big plans for more.

Mountain Side Gear Rental loans out camping equipment to locals and far-flung customers alike.

Opponents of the new refuge take to the courts to block construction of trails and a visitor center.

Local outdoor brands say they'll save time and money now that two of the industry's biggest trade shows are joining forces in Denver.

Hike to backcountry Rainbow Hot Springs in the Weminuche. BY KIRSTEN DOBROTH

You don't need snow (or a trust fund) to enjoy this legendary ski town.

Why Crested Butte? Because it's crowded with wildflowers, not people.

Liberty Cap-Ute Canyon Loop, Colorado National Monument, Colorado

Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

Faces six months imprisonment, public lands ban.

Even locals hardly know about Hesse Creek in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN/NC, this secluded spot is the perfect nature get away to explore.

Mt. Sneffels Wilderness, Colorado

Cross two high-elevation passes and camp at a lake right out of the Dolomites on this weekend trip in the Indian Peaks.

Pack long summer days with more summits—and be home for dinner—with these three essential peakbagging missions.

Most people look at Colorado’s Sangre de Cristo Mountains and see a line of peaks. Our scout saw an opportunity: pioneering the range’s first traverse.

Vist a canyon, tag a summit, and cross alpine passes, all without driving more than 90 minutes from downtown on these top local hikes.

Circle the Rockies on this high-alpine route.

Find easy-access powder stashes on this beginner-friendly backcountry ski trip to the Nokhu Hut.

Colorado's Mt. of the Holy Cross gets our nod as the best 14,000-foot peak.

It’s a zoo out there. Snag close-ups of bears, birds, and elk on these late-summer dayhikes.

Get the story behind the Krogerata, Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado—and how to see it yourself.

After running 150 miles of the high-alpine Colorado Trail while filming his recent documentary film, Running the Edge, ultrarunner, filmmaker, and photographer Matt Trappe told us his favorite Colorado trail runs. Check out these high-altitude trails.

The San Juan Mountains in southwest Colorado are a patchwork of wildly varied sub-ranges, many tucked away in vast wilderness areas. Of Colorado’s 54 fourteeners (peaks that rise over 14,000 feet in elevation), 13 call the San Juans home, including Uncomp

Quiet rules on this mostly off-trail, 5.1-mile scramble up a boulder strewn canyon to a gnarly rocky crown with panoramic mountain views in Pike National Forest.

Hike or ride smooth singletrack on this 7.2-mile lasso-loop, which climbs gently through rich scrubland and ponderosa forest to a killer mountainside overlook.

Cruise 5.2 miles along gentle foothills, Ireland-esque pastures, and past an old sawmill to a vista overlooking Boulder Canyon and the Front Range.

This 17.2-mile hike strings together two monster canyons with a hardy bushwhack across red-rock backcountry.

Discover the blue pearls of famed Indian Peaks Wilderness on this moderate 8.4-mile high alpine hike.

Hike lonely trails filled with Yosemite-like granite formations in Lost Creek Wilderness on this 15.4-mile out-and-back up the Retirement Range's highest peak.

Hike through history on this trek through Navajo lands.

Ride some of western Colorado’s finest singletrack with tight turns, long descents, and stunning red sandstone on this 7.4-mile heart-pounder.

Knock off two thrilling 14ers on this strenuous 11.2-mile, out-and-back adventure in Colorado's rugged Sangre de Cristo Wilderness. Also makes a great overnight.

This 10.3-miler outside Vail is a leg- and lung-buster, but at the end of the day you'll touch the sky on the summit of one of Colorado's fabled Fourteeners.

Hike into the core of Indian Peaks Wilderness on this 13.6-mile overnight, which leads past waterfalls to a sunbleached valley and a sweet lakeside campsite.

Rolling forestland and endless grassy meadows provide abundant habitat for mule deer, wild turkeys, and other wildlife on this 6.8-miler to an old ranch in the shadow of Longs Peak.

Bag two peaks on this 9-mile, fido-friendly loop around Boulder's signature Flatirons.

Downtown and need a post-meeting fix? This heart-pounding 4.3-mile scramble in Apex Park gives new meaning to that old runner's high.

Hike rolling grassland punctuated by towering redrock formations to a ridge overlooking the Front Range on this 6-mile loop just 20 minutes from Denver.

Bag three peaks and bird's-eye views of Boulder on this tour of the Flatirons. Bring a few extra energy bars: This out-and-back gains 5,000 feet in 11 miles.

This 5.2-mile trail kicks off with a short albeit aggressive climb, then rambles through meadows that explode with wildflowers in the summer. Craggy mountain vistas abound.

A 1,900-foot gain in 2 miles rewards with stellar views of James Peak on this 6.6-mile round-trip hike beneath the Continental Divide.

This 15.2-mile route runs over gemstone deposits of quartz and aquamarine to a rocky summit in the southern Sawatch Range.

String together three Sawatch summits on this popular circuit with long alpine traverses overlooking the Continental Divide.

Tour three 14,000-foot peaks (and one unranked 14er) on this loop in the Mosquito Range.

Rocky scrambles and a knife-edge ridge lead up one of the most challenging Fourteeners. Stellar views over the untamed Elk Range are endless.

This stiff climb to the tallest peak in the Elk Range offers unforgettable views of the Roaring Fork River and Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness Area.

This 11.6-mile route wanders through a lovely forest, climbs wind-swept slopes and ends with top-of-the-world vistas on Colorado's tallest peak.

The long waiting list to climb the airy spine of Culebra (located on private property) makes this summit one of the hardest to check off your 14er life list.

Solitude rules on this remote trek through wildflower meadows to a skyscraping post above the rugged backcountry of the San Juan Mountains.

A well-marked trail unfurls up this mountain and leads to sublime panoramas across a sea of granite and ice in the Sawatch Range.

Trek up sparsely-covered slopes and a broad talus ridge in the Sawatch Range to an overlook with endless alpine vistas.

Escape the cars and crowds and take this 11.8-mile trip up the glacier-carved slopes of Pikes Peak, a legendary summit noted for its gold rush in the late 1850s.