The popular likes of Pikes Peak, Mount Bierstadt and Mount Blue Sky are among fourteeners due for trail work this summer.

Colorado's capital city offers plenty of lodging ... to scale Pikes Peak via the 23.2-mile Barr Trail. Summiting via the Crags Campground route is shorter, at around 13 miles, but still difficult.

Of the many campgrounds throughout these forests and grasslands, Turquoise Lake Recreation Area near Leadville, Crags Campground near Colorado Springs and Angel of Shavano Campground near Salida ...