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Traveling through the Denver International Airport can feel like a trip in itself these days.

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Peter Rainier never set foot on this continent. Some tribal members suggest giving a more fitting name for Washington’s tallest peak.

Adventurous couple Amara Gamache and Paal Bredal spent their summer living in their car, climbing peaks around western United States.

Sure it's August, but as any true Coloradan knows, snow can hit at any time in any month...especially in the higher elevations.

Screengrab smoke map shows a line through the center of Colorado, with areas in the northwest part of the state experiencing moderate air quality while southern communities enjoy clear skies. Part of that dividing line runs through Eagle County and neighboring Lake County as the Sawatch Mountain Range is helping to trap haze and smoke from the Morgan Creek fire in Routt County, as well as faraway fires burning in Canada and the northwestern United States. The Elk Mountains in Pitkin and Gunnis...

CFI-Lloyd Athearn/courtesy photo Hikers ascend and descend Torreys Peak as storm clouds build on a weekday in August 2019. The view is from Grays Peak. CFI-Lloyd Athearn/courtesy photo Hikers head up Quandary Peak on a weekday in August earlier this decade. Quandary has established itself as Colorado’s busiest 14er. CFI-Lloyd Athearn/courtesy photo Colorado’s tallest peaks proved more popular than ever when people flocked to the great outdoors during the pandemic summer of 2020. An estimate...

The plan aims to empower nonprofits and government agencies to build trails and fences, fight forest fires and do an array of other work.

A group of Leadville locals are embarking on a 24-day unguided expedition to summit and possibly ski Denali in Alaska, North America’s highest peak. The team left Colorado May 1

Today Widely scattered showers or a thunderstorm this evening. Then partly cloudy. A few storms may be severe. Low 46F. Winds NW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50%.. Tonight Widely scattered showers or a thunderstorm this evening. Then partly cloudy. A few storms may be severe. Low 46F. Winds NW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50%. Updated: May 15, 2021 @ 3:40 pm Parker Seibold/The Gazette the Gazette file