La Garita Wilderness in southwest Colorado is something of a state secret, known only to peak-baggers climbing 14,019-foot (4,273-meter) San Luis Peak and the few thru-hikers who attempt the Colorado ...

LA GARITA WILDERNESS, Colo. – A fabulous summer in the mountains got punctuated in a major way for me Monday with a trip to what’s labeled Colorado’s most isolated fourteener, in one of the lesser ...

Colorado has 41 designated wilderness areas, ranging from the small, such as the 8,095-acre Byers Peak Wilderness Area, to the immense, the 492,410-acre Weminuche Wilderness in southern Colorado.

As I write these words, I am completely alone at the top of a 12,200-foot ridge that separates two drainages that form Mineral Creek in the La Garita Wilderness. The day’s minutes-old sun is warming ...

“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.” – Edward Abbey For most Americans, true wilderness is something not easily reached. In crowded coastal and Midwestern states, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Originally named the Wheeler National Monument in honor of Capt. George Wheeler, Colorado’s first national monument has had a checkered career. After gaining ...