Lizard Head, a vertical pillar of crumbling unstable rock, is Colorado’s most difficult and dangerous summit climb. Albert Ellingwood and Barton Hoag made the first multi-pitch technical ascent in ...

You don’t have to see Colorado’s most famous reptile. Just head out on the trail and trust that he’s there. By Rob Story If a mountain is to be known as Lizard Head, must it, in fact, resemble a ...

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.

WASHINGTON – Public lands, including the people who play in and draw meaning from them, are central to Colorado’s identity. Last week, that sense of place was central to Sen. Michael Bennet’s ...

Colorado's U.S. senators have joined the push for wilderness and other protections for more than 61,000 acres in the San Juan Mountains. Democrats Mark Udall and Michael Bennet have introduced the San ...