If you are going to climb a Colorado fourteener this summer, why not go big? At elevation 14,309 feet, Uncompahgre Peak is the highest point in the San Juan Mountains. The first recorded ascent was by ...

Getting there: From Lake City, head south on Gunnison Avenue toward Fourth Street. Then take an immediate right onto Second Street. After roughly 400 feet, take a left on North Bluff Street. From here ...

In order to at least keep part of our trip, including a day hike to Uncompahgre Peak intact, we chose to drive around to the Big Blue Road and do an out-and-back trip. By then the fire was 40 percent ...

Uncompahgre Peak is a remarkable mountain. The way it is carved from many layers of rock, resulting in dramatic cliff faces, gives it the look of a ship's prow breaking over the top of a wave. Its ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Tom McClernon had the courtesy to warn passing hikers that shouts from the top of Uncompahgre Peak would not be of distress, but rather of exhilaration and ...

At first glance, the trek up Uncompahgre Peak seems to require ropes, helmets and extensive climbing experience, for its north face is flanked by a 700-foot cliff. But with 7 miles and 3,000 feet of ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado has many mountains that exceed 14,000 feet in elevation, and many of the beloved 14ers just got new measurement estimates. “These peaks are all slated to become a bit ‘shorter ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 1. The movie “Dolphin Tale” is based on a true story about a bottlenose dolphin named Winter. The dolphin was injured by a crab trap and rescued near Cape ...

The alarm beeped in my brain at 4 a.m., jolting me awake. The first thing I did was look out the window. Crap. I could hear the rain tapping outside even before I got a really good look at the clouds ...