Climbing Longs Peak means rock scrambling, steep drop-offs and risking altitude sickness. ... Colorado's Front Range 14er crown jewel: Virtually climb Longs Peak. Austin Humphreys.

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.

At 2 a.m. June 9, Matthew Burklow hopped in his Honda Fit and drove an hour to the Longs Peak trailhead. The 25-year-old hiker planned on summiting the Front Range's most prominent 14,000-foot ...

Length: 14.6 miles, round-trip Difficulty: Very challenging Why we love it: Score an eyeful and enjoy fun route-finding on the best nontechnical mountain climb on the Front Range—a hike worthy of ...

“Longs Peak is the most visibly prominent peak in the front range,” explains Outside contributor Ty Brookhart, who grew up in nearby Gold Hill, where he could see the mountain from his back porch.

Longs Peak is the 15th highest peak in Colorado. It is regarded as one of the state's more deadly peaks due to its easy access and high visitation by Front Range climbers and out-of-state visitors ...

When the crowds at Rocky Mountain National Park make it tough to turn around without whacking someone with your backpack, head to Hermit Park, which sits less than a mile southeast of Estes Park ...

From LAX, American, United, Frontier and Southwest offer nonstop service to Denver, and US Airways offers connecting service (change of plane). Restricted round-trip fares begin at $212. From ...