Climbing

Melissa Strong was a rock climber about to open a restaurant in Estes Park, when a devastating accident left her hands badly damaged. The months that followed were filled with pain and uncertainty as doctors worked to help her regain use of her hands. Today, she can climb again – and she credits rock climbing with giving her the tenacity to bounce back.

Among other limitations, the federal government's proposed climbing policies would continue to require the use of hand tools to install fixed anchors in wilderness areas.

The land agencies are taking steps to protect establishing climbing routes and their “fixed anchors,” which have been a subject for debate in recent years. Public comment is open throughout the summer.

After weeks of planning for the worst, the Ouray Ice Park has ice to offer after all, just in time for the 31st Ice Festival this weekend.

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.