Measuring Colorado’s mountains one hike at a time

In the middle of a chilly October night in 2025, my two friends and I suited up at the Cottonwood Creek trailhead and started ...
The Durango Herald

Search and rescue data shows dangerous patterns

Five spectacular 14,000-foot peaks in Southern Colorado’s Sangre de Cristo Mountains are also perilous. Known as the Crestone group, these peaks regularly claim the lives of climbers and hikers and ...
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Experienced climber dead after fall on Sangre De Cristo Mountains in Custer County

WESTCLIFFE, Colo. — A 44-year-old man, who officials said was an experienced climber, fell to his death climbing the Sangre De Cristo Mountains in Custer County Saturday. Members of Custer County ...
The Denver Post

Denver-area climber dies in fall, another rescued off Crestone Traverse

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A Denver-area man died in a fall while climbing the Crestone Traverse, and his fellow climber was rescued off of the mountain after the incident. On ...
9NEWS

Climber dies in fall, 2nd rescued near 14ers in southern Colorado

CUSTER COUNTY, Colo. — A climber died in a fall and another was rescued after they got off-route near the Crestone Traverse on Wednesday in southern Colorado, according to Custer County Search and ...
The Gazette

Extreme Colorado 14er climb leaves 1 dead, 1 rescued after going off-route

One climber died in a fall and another person was rescued near the Crestone Traverse on Wednesday in Colorado’s rugged Sangre de Christo mountain range, according to Custer County Search and Rescue.