As the snow melts and summer wildflowers bloom, Colorado hikers are ready for this season’s outdoor adventures. While the options range from easy to moderate to hard, the scenery alone provides ...

It’s been nearly a month since Pawel Szafruga summited all of Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks in one self-supported thru-hike, and Szafruga is still waiting to drink a celebratory cold beer. That’s ...

After Kevin Silvernale finished thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in 2016, he was hooked and started devising his own long-distance trail. The 34-year-old Colorado local went on to hike the ...

Boulder may get all the attention, but when it comes to hiking Colorado's Front Range, there are riches in the hills near Colorado Springs. This entrance point into the state's mountains offers dozens ...

Compared with record numbers from 2020, it appears hiking has sharply dropped across Colorado's biggest mountains. That's according to Colorado Fourteeners Initiative, which recently released its ...

Louise Barton remembers the exact backpacking moment when her career path changed. “I’m a botanist by training. I started working for the Forest Service and we were in Yellowstone doing huge off-trail ...

If beer and the outdoors are your jam, Colorado is a 104,000-square-mile slice of multigrain toast. But with more than 400 breweries and 5,600 miles of mapped hiking routes, the options can feel ...