Tag: Longs Peak
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A dive into vaunted speed records across Colorado’s outdoors
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Joseph DeMoor has a confession to make. He knows it sounds silly, but he likes to see his name listed on the first page of fastestknowntime.com/athletes. There are, at last check, 487 pages you could…
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Search underway for Colorado Springs man missing in Rocky Mountain National Park
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Rocky Mountain National Park rangers started the search Monday for a 23-year-old Colorado Springs man who went missing on Longs Peak on Sunday. The National Park Service said Lucas Macaj was reported overdue late Sunday night after setting out to summit the 14,259-foot mountain. His…
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3 challenging summer hikes in Colorado to start planning now
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Longs Peak via the Keyhole Route: The only fourteener in Rocky Mountain National Park, Longs Peak (14,259 feet) requires some preparation — and plenty of nerve. Not only do you have to start hiking the 15-mile (round-trip) route, which rises some 5,000 feet in elevation,…
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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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Estes Park’s Elkhorn Avenue loaded with food, fun | Main Street Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save About the series Main Street Colorado is a summer series spotlighting downtown stretches of mountain towns that altogether give the state its undeniable character. In 1864, one of Colorado’s foremost men, William Byers, set his sights on Longs Peak. The climb up the 14,000-foot mountain…
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Happy Trails: Meet the new member of Colorado’s Incline family
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