If you thought about trying to summit 14,259-foot Longs Peak, now is the time, as the routes to the top are free of snow, but ...

Chasm Lake sits 2,500 feet below the dramatic summit of Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park at an elevation of 11,800 feet. The upper 900 feet of Longs’ east face is sheer vertical granite.

Dear Johnnie: In your article about Longs Peak on Oct. 17, you state that Longs Peak looks closer at Colo. 66 and Pace than it does as one goes closer, such as to 66 and 95th (Hover) Street. I disa… ...