Tag: 14ers
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New trail up Colorado 14er the culmination of yearslong, ‘incredibly complex’ effort
A nonprofit stewarding Colorado’s biggest mountains recently marked its “largest and most expensive” project ever complete. That’s how Colorado Fourteeners Initiative referred to the job that is wrapping up a fifth summer on Mount Shavano. After about $2 million, 2 ½ miles of new trail and another 2 miles closed for restoration, CFI recently hosted…
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The journey is the destination at Horn Fork Basin | Take a Hike
Destination hikes provide motivation for hiking excursions, like a trip to a summit or alpine lake. While Bear Lake is the terminus for this route, the trek up Horn Fork Basin is a long and rewarding journey that becomes the destination. The wonderful trail into the basin is well maintained and begins at about 10,000…
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The journey is the destination at Horn Fork Basin | Take a Hike
Destination hikes provide motivation for hiking excursions, like a trip to a summit or alpine lake. While Bear Lake is the terminus for this route, the trek up Horn Fork Basin is a long and rewarding journey that becomes the destination. The wonderful trail into the basin is well maintained and begins at about 10,000…
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Colorado 14er hiking down to record low of 10-year study ー largely due to a closure
Hiking on Colorado’s biggest mountains has dipped to the lowest levels tracked in 10 years. Colorado Fourteeners Initiative, the nonprofit stewarding summit trails and placing infrared counters across several, estimated 256,000 “hiker-use days” in 2025. That’s the fewest reported since CFI started annually estimating numbers in 2015 and sharply down from 415,000 logged in 2020,…
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Colorado 14er hiking down to record low of 10-year study ー largely due to a closure
Hiking on Colorado’s biggest mountains has dipped to the lowest levels tracked in 10 years. Colorado Fourteeners Initiative, the nonprofit stewarding summit trails and placing infrared counters across several, estimated 256,000 “hiker-use days” in 2025. That’s the fewest reported since CFI started annually estimating numbers in 2015 and sharply down from 415,000 logged in 2020,…
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Horseshoe Pass ascension with Peerless summit bonus | Take a Hike
Summer is the time to get above treeline and enjoy the alpine, and some routes deliver better than others, like the trek up to Horseshoe Pass that travels entirely through tundra. The route starts at about 11,500 feet where an old mining road winds up to the pass and the drive to the “trailhead” only…
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Horseshoe Pass ascension with Peerless summit bonus | Take a Hike
Summer is the time to get above treeline and enjoy the alpine, and some routes deliver better than others, like the trek up to Horseshoe Pass that travels entirely through tundra. The route starts at about 11,500 feet where an old mining road winds up to the pass and the drive to the “trailhead” only…
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‘Once-in-a-generation celebration’ of Colorado’s 14ers planned for state’s 150th birthday
Preparations are underway for an ultimate celebration of Colorado’s biggest mountains on the state’s 150th birthday Aug. 1. Summit 2026 was recently announced as “a once-in-a-generation celebration of the mountains, landscapes and outdoor experiences that shape our state.” The mission: to have assigned teams on all 54 fourteeners. The announcement from the state commission promoting…
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‘Once-in-a-generation celebration’ of Colorado’s 14ers planned for state’s 150th birthday
Preparations are underway for an ultimate celebration of Colorado’s biggest mountains on the state’s 150th birthday Aug. 1. Summit 2026 was recently announced as “a once-in-a-generation celebration of the mountains, landscapes and outdoor experiences that shape our state.” The mission: to have assigned teams on all 54 fourteeners. The announcement from the state commission promoting…
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New trail on Pikes Peak among summer projects on Colorado 14ers
The season of hiking Colorado’s 14,000-foot mountains also comes with tending to their trails. June began with Rocky Mountain Field Institute staff and volunteers hauling equipment up the backside of Pikes Peak ー the site of an effort that launched in 2019 to build a new Devils Playground trail toward the summit. The effort has…