Mike Wilson started painting Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks four years ago and turned it into a project with a bigger purpose. From top left, clockwise: Mt. Eolus, Mt. Shavano, Pikes Peak, Longs Peak, ...

Summiting a fourteener is a Colorado rite of passage that requires mentally turning a mountain into a molehill. So we asked Colorado Mountain Club chief education officer and toddler mom Stacey ...

Having the right gear can help ensure that a fourteener climb is a fun and safe experience. When traveling extreme terrain, it’s important to be prepared for a range of obstacles and difficulties that ...

I feel for Lloyd Athearn, the executive director of the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative. "I have to be the Groundskeeper Willie and yell at the kids to get off the grass sometimes," Athearn says, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On Colorado’s fourteeners, the summer transition season is here. Even as eager peak-baggers wonder if the snowpack has receded enough for hiking, ski ...

Ready to climb a fourteener? There is usually heated discussion about exactly how many peaks above 14,000 feet Colorado has. But evaluating the peaks with a topographic standard rather than emotion ...

On Thursday, June 5, rescuers in Southern Colorado boarded a helicopter and flew high into the Sangre de Cristo range of the Rocky Mountains. They plucked a hiker off the southwest flanks of ...

The Decalibron Loop is one of the more popular and fraught trails in Colorado, a Fourteener-tagging 7.5-mile path that's been closed by its local landowner multiple times over the past several years ...