Tag: Decalibron
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Coalition seeks to quell liability concerns that have closed Colorado 14ers
A coalition is growing with the hopes of fixing what many recreation advocates see as a big issue facing Colorado’s outdoors. The coalition is called Fix CRUS, in reference to the Colorado Recreational Use Statute. That’s the long-standing provision that some legislators, advocates and landowners attempted to amend earlier this year in hopes of easing…
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Colorado 14er hiking numbers plunge, according to new report
After unprecedented numbers during the 2020 pandemic, crowds on Colorado’s highest mountains continue to thin, according to a new study. The droves of 2020 led land managers and local law enforcement to establish restrictions and regulations across some of the most popular 14,000-foot peaks reached by Front Range populations. Colorado Fourteeners Initiative (CFI) points to…
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Some Colorado 14ers have closed after legal wrangle. What might be next?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Owners of properties where Coloradans hike and play in the outdoors had hoped to feel better about allowing that access after a hearing this month at the state Capitol. Instead, some are feeling more worried than ever. That includes Patrick Schilken, who has long held…
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Joining the Colorado 14er craze this summer? Here’s where to start
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s prime fourteener season is still at least a few weeks away — snow clings to much of the high country — but controversy already simmers. For all of May, the popular trip known as…