Popular destinations: Triangle Park, Meadow Lake, Haypress Lake, Baxter Peak, Windy Point, Deep Creek Overlook. There’s nothing particularly flat about the Flat Tops, the high-elevation plateau that ...

“Colorado is the flashpoint of the Wilderness Act, and Arthur Carhart was the man,” said Holly King, owner of Trappers Lake Lodge, which sits just outside the Flat Tops Wilderness Area boundary.

The 235,000-acre Flat Tops Wilderness Area was formally recognized in 1975 and is now the third-largest in Colorado. Yet, for many Coloradans, it remains relatively unknown. “It’s a little bit ...

According to the U.S. Forest Service, the Flat Tops is Colorado’s second-largest wilderness area at 235,406 acres, encompassing parts of both the White River and Routt National Forests. The ...

One of Colorado’s most beautiful autumn drives is the Flat Tops Trail, a scenic byway that twists and turns through the rugged mountains between the small towns of Yampa and Meeker. The undisputed ...

FLAT TOPS WILDERNESS AREA (AP) – A spark can be a curious thing. There are those, such as the lightning strike hitting the once tall, thick timber surrounding Trappers Lake in the summer of 2002 ...

GLENWOOD CANYON — Eighteen months after the White River National Forest acquired a scenic and historic property 12 miles north of Glenwood Canyon at the doorstep of the remote Flat Tops ...

FLAT TOPS WILDERNESS AREA, Colo. (AP) - A spark can be a curious thing. There are those, such as the lightning strike hitting the once tall, thick timber surrounding Trappers Lake in the summer of ...