It's the best time of the year to visit the mountains, with aspen and other trees painting the mountainsides with streaks and ...

Hiking to Maroon Bells and Crater Lake in Aspen’s White River National Forest is worth getting up early for … real early. I rose before the sun and drove into the White River National Forest to see ...

Colorado’s highest peaks are starting to get dustings of snow as wetter, colder weather has pushed into the mountains after a ...

Discover Colorado hikes ideal for September, when the weather is perfect and snow hasn’t yet touched the peaks.

Leaves are changing colors and starting to fall in the high country, and so is snow, serving as a chilly, urgent reminder for Coloradans to enjoy autumn and peak fall foliage.

Despite Aspen’s global fame, the local stock of 14ers draws fewer recreationists to their slopes than the rest of the state. The Elk Mountain Range’s 14,000-foot peaks — which include Castle, Maroon, ...