The Colorado Trail’s original path skirts the Collegiate Peaks’ eastern flanks, but in 2012, the Colorado Trail Foundation officially added an alternate route along the range’s western side. Fans of ...

(Read: You’ll have even more time to gaze at the trees along the riverbanks and all of their changing colors.) Swing into the interpretive pullout by Nathrop to capture views of Browns Canyon National ...

A special Collegiate Peaks Forum Series event, “Born on the 4th of July: One 10th Mountain Division Soldier’s Quintessential ...

The Collegiate Peaks Wilderness stretches across 168,000 acres of central Colorado between Leadville and Buena Vista. This swath of the Sawatch Range has the highest average elevation of any ...

GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — The 486-mile Colorado Trail between Denver and Durango is adding 80 miles of trail through the Collegiate Peaks, which is home to a dozen mountains topping 14,000 feet.

There were many until I skipped ahead to the Collegiate ... mountain range in Colorado. They’re just the way mountains should be: dense and steep, with sharp, craggy peaks that brush the sky ...