LEADVILLE — Though it may lack in true climbing excitement compared with many of the state’s 14,000-foot mountains, hiking Colorado’s highest point, Mount Elbert, provides a textbook Rocky Mountain ...

LEADVILLE — Though it may lack in true climbing excitement compared with many of the state’s 14,000-foot mountains, hiking Colorado’s highest point, Mount Elbert, provides a textbook Rocky Mountain ...

How To Get There • Drive south on U.S. Highway 24 through Leadville and turn west onto Colorado Highway 300 after more than three miles. • After three-quarters of a mile, turn left onto Lake County ...

A hiker huddled in a makeshift snow cave for hours while awaiting rescue from a Colorado 14er after becoming disoriented on a winter hike. Colorado has received abundant snowfall in recent weeks due ...

Mount Elbert is Colorado’s tallest mountain. In fact, it’s the apex of the entire Rocky Mountain Range, which spans 3,000 miles. This fact alone is reason enough to climb it. Standing atop Elbert, you ...

CHAFFEE COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) - Search and rescue teams rescued two hikers who became lost on Mount Elbert on Saturday. The Lake County Search and Rescue team first responded and spent three hours ...