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The Number of People Hiking Fourteeners Is Dropping. Here’s Why.
Outside via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThis article originally appeared on Outside Fourteen thousand-foot peaks--"fourteeners," in hiker...
Hiker Traffic on Colorado Fourteeners Plummeted in 2021
Backpacker via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis article originally appeared on Backpacker Hiker visits to Colorado’s Fourteeners fell by more...
Two Colorado Fourteeners Are Closing to the Public
Backpacker via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA landowner plans to close access to two of Colorado's most popular fourteeners after a state senate committee killed a bill that would have reduced...
At least 9 climbers died on 14,000-foot peaks in the US this year. These people do it anyway.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoShaking from the cold, Andreas Stabno clung to a narrow ledge on the face of a Colorado mountain...
Don’t Kick a Football Off a Colorado Fourteener
Outside via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis article originally appeared on Outside I feel for Lloyd Athearn, the executive director of the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative. When Athearn isn't...
'Visioning effort' launches ahead of plan for Colorado 14ers
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 1—A new initiative seeks to identify problems and solutions regarding Colorado's biggest mountains. Nonprofit steward Colorado Fourteeners Initiative has called it "a visioning effort designed ...
Always live your best life: Why do people climb mountains?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoClimbing mountains over 14,000 feet has become popular in the last few years. They are called 14'ers and hundreds of thousands of people do it each year.
Father Recounts Harrowing Moment Avalanche Buried Him Alive and Killed His Son: 'Violent Wave of...
People via Yahoo News· 1 year ago"I literally had to use my fingertips to dig out a pocket for me to see light and to dig out," Andy...