Rescues on Quandary and Torreys
The East Ridge of Quandary Peak, as viewed from the trail head. PHOTO COURTESY THE WIKIMEDIA COMMONS. Climber hurt badly in Torreys avalanche; Quandary hiker literally blown off his feet by strong...
View ArticleFourteener fees in Colorado?
The U.S. Forest Service is proposing $10 to $20 fees for climbing peaks in the Sangre de Cristos Colony Basin. Public comment wanted on plan to charge for access to peaks in the Colony Basin area of...
View ArticleColorado: Hiking Mount Harvard
Exploring the Collegiate Range Missouri Peak, where a father and daughter died early this summer. Story and photos by Kim Fenske The Collegiate Peaks west of Buena Vista provide many beautiful and...
View ArticleColorado: A spring jaunt on Mt. Antero
Stunning vistas from Colorado’s 11-highest peak Mount Princeton, 14,197 feet, lies north of Mount Antero, about twenty miles southwest of Buena Vista, above the Arkansas River Valley. Fenske hiked...
View ArticleColorado: Your grandmother’s fourteener
Kim Fenske strolls up Mt. Sherman The rounded ridge to the summit of Mount Sherman lies beyond ruins of the Hilltop Mine, 1.5 miles up the trail, at 12,900 feet. Story and photos by Kim Fenske SUMMIT...
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