Climbing

The trails on a few of Colorado most popular fourteeners are getting a facelift this summer. Crews lift heavy boulders, create stairways, and sleep on the mountain for days at a time. The redesigned trails will make them more sustainable for future hikers.

Boulder County officials say two people died this week while hiking and climbing around the Flatirons. The two deaths are separate incidents.

Three mountain climbers — two from the U.S. and one from Canada — missing on Aoraki, New Zealand’s tallest peak, are believed to have died in a fall. The men’s bodies were not found.

Three mountain climbers from the U.S. and Canada are missing after they failed to return from a planned ascent of New Zealand’s highest peak, Aoraki. The Americans — Kurt Blair from Colorado and Carlos Romero of California — are certified alpine guides.

A new climbing route is available to climbers of the Boulder Flatirons. It’s the first route along those iconic rock formations to be installed by women. Hear why it was such a challenge for the two Boulderites to create – and why they wanted to do it.

In 1923, Eleanor Davis became the first known woman to climb the Grand Teton – the second tallest peak in Wyoming. A hundred years later, this all-female group of climbers along with an all-female team of guides were getting ready to summit the peak to celebrate her legacy.

The Fort Collins Coloradoan reporter Miles Blumhardt joined us to talk about some of the latest environmental news.

The Colorado Sun Health and Environment Reporter Michael Booth joins us to discuss the California-style clean truck policy Colorado just approved to combat air pollution, plus a new 14er winter climbing record.

Rock climber Tim Bruns appears in the film "Resistance Climbing" and also served as a producer.

We discuss Gov. Jared Polis’ call for new oil, gas and air pollution regulations. We also touch on proposals to ban rock climbing anchors in wilderness areas.