I’ve been fortunate in my life to climb in some of the most spectacular areas in the world, including the Andes, Alps, Himalayas and Hindu Kush. Yet, whenever I come home to Colorado, I find ...

Many summer visitors to Summit County, and even some locals, don’t fully understand what a “wilderness area” is. Is it any undeveloped land, part of the national forest, a federal or state park? And ...

There are a few different flavors of wilderness camping. Most often, the term refers to simply camping in the backcountry. That means camping in a place that you have to hike at least a mile or more ...

We should all be deeply concerned about the most recent challenge to the integrity of America’s national forests—the proposed repeal of the 2001 U.S. Forest Service Roadless Area Conservation Rule.

I have lived, worked, and advocated for wilderness in Colorado for 45 years. I am also an avid climber, having summited Mount Everest, each of the other Seven Summits, all the Colorado 14ers, and 500 ...

This is the first installment in a series of stories on the 60th anniversary of the Wilderness Act that will publish this month. The series will continue next Sunday. CABINET MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS – A ...

Editor's Note: This article on the East Fork Wilderness Area is the sixth in a series commemorating the 40th anniversary of the signing of federal legislation to create nine new federal wilderness ...

Editor's Note: This article is the second in a series commemorating the 40th anniversary of the signing of federal legislation to create nine new federal wilderness areas in Arkansas. The series will ...

This article on the Lower Buffalo Wilderness and the Leatherwood Wilderness is the 12th and final in a series that began a year ago to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the signing of federal ...