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DENVER (KDVR) — Coloradans aren’t taking to the state’s famed high peaks as much as they used to. Parking and access are to blame. The number of hikers on Colorado 14ers in 2022 was the second-lowest ...

Dig climbing Colorado’s storied 14,000-foot peaks? You aren’t alone: 500,000 people attempt to bag one of our 58 high-country monarchs every year. But those mountains just don’t take care of ...

GEORGETOWN, Colo. — Whether you're here for the weekend or you've lived here all your life, hiking a 14er is a tradition for many in Colorado. But new data from the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative ...

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COLORADO, USA — Hiking on Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks ticked up slightly in 2024, with an estimated 265,000 hiker use days — a 1.9% increase from the year before, according to new data from the ...

Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks saw a slight increase in foot traffic for the first time since the pandemic drove record-high visitation to the mountains, according to hiker use estimates published this ...

Compared with record numbers from 2020, it appears hiking has sharply dropped across Colorado's biggest mountains. That's according to Colorado Fourteeners Initiative, which recently released its ...

High winds and snow can abrade hikers' eyes and leave them unable to navigate—a recipe for danger on a high peak.