This Colorado Region Is Called the 'Switzerland of America'—and I Explored It on an Epic 5-day Hike A five-day trek through Colorado's San Juan Mountain range includes alpine lakes, fields of ...

An avid backpacker, I wanted to experience a side of Colorado that few travelers do. So last August, I flew to Ouray —a common launching point for adventures in the region—to embark on a 35 ...

Colorado's Blue Lakes trailhead closes, marking 'first phase' of broader plan Seth Boster seth.boster@gazette.com Jun 17, 2025 Updated Jun 17, 2025 ...

I was crouching in the shelter of a boulder, 12,000 feet up in Colorado' s San Juan Mountains, as wind and rain whipped around me. Two fighter jets whizzed by, the roar of their engines cutting ...

There is an alternate route to this popular Western Slope destination, but be warned it is longer and more technical than the conventional trail.

Police say a vehicle sparked a grass fire near Mount Pleasant Cemetery in the Northern Colorado town of Erie, but it was contained less than 30 minutes after it was first reported.

Bierstadt is one of Colorado’s most popular 14ers, attracting between 25,000 to 30,000 hikers annually in recent years. But the mountain has not received significant trail work in nearly a ...

Crews will be working to maintain the trails that lead hikers to the summits of some of Colorado’s most popular 14,000-foot peaks this summer. The Colorado Fourteeners Initiative has projects planned ...