This summer, while most of us were frolicking on the trails, rafting on the river or lounging in a hammock, Shari Edelson was ...

Mount Elbert and neighboring Mount Massive have established hiking trails requiring good fitness and altitude acclimation. Still, with proper acclimatization and preparation, they are attainable ...

Mount Elbert sees 15,000 hikers a year ... and many of them are unfamiliar with packing out their own poop. Currently, Rangers hike the peak with llamas to haul the feces back down.

That’s how he came up with a linkup of La Plata Peak, Mount Massive, and Mount Elbert, three of the highest ... But as Reilly became enamored of hiking in the mountains, he also had to confront ...