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.

He was last heard from at approximately 1 p.m. on Sunday “when he texted a friend indicating that he was on the summit of Longs Peak,” the release said. Significant storms had moved through ...

Pikes Peak is not the only Colorado 14er still covered in snow, which isn't unusual in early summer. (Meteorological summer starts June 1.) All major routes on Longs Peak are snow- and ice-covered ...