Crews believe Corkern climbed Kit Carson via the north ridge route on July 9, summiting at around 4 p.m. They say he was to climb down via the Challenger Point summit, but he never returned to his ...

Corkern was reported to have ascended 14,167-foot Kit Carson Peak via the non-standard class four North Ridge route on Saturday, reaching the summit in Saguache County at about 4 p.m.

Today we leave our everyday life behind and travel into Marin’s wildest, rawest, least touched land to hike in the area I call the “Big Empty.” Located between Big Carson Ridge and Bolinas ...

SAGUACHE COUNTY — Crews found and recovered the body of a hiker on Tuesday, July 12 who reached the summit of a southern Colorado 14er but didn’t make it back down to the trailhead. Luis ...

TAOS — The Kit Carson Park Renaming Committee in Taos met for the first time this week to identify a new name for town’s large downtown park. It’s not the first time the town has launched ...

In this lesson, students learn about the life of Kit Carson, a famous frontiersman from the 1800s. They then sift through a series of statements about Kit Carson to untangle fact and myth.

The Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board is not keen to rename the 14,171-foot Kit Carson Mountain in the Sangre de Cristo range after a flat-topped pyramid shape known in geometry as a frustum.

Crews recovered the body of a hiker who reached the summit of a mountain in Colorado and never returned, officials said. Luis Corkern, 41, reached Kit Carson Peak in the Sangre de Cristo mountains ...

From Fort Lyon, Colorado, under date of the 24th ultimo, we have by letter the details of CARSON'S death. He expired at that post on the 23d ultimo, at 4:35 o'clock in the evening, in consequence ...

Today we leave our everyday life behind and travel into Marin’s wildest, rawest, least touched land to hike in the area I call the “Big Empty.” Located between Big Carson Ridge and Bolinas ...