Jilly Salva - Denver mountaineering Examiner - Outdoor Rec & Adventure

As mountaineers we are privileged to travel through beautiful and remote terrain. During your 2013 glacier expeditions, high altitude rock climbs and other extreme explorations consider lending a helping hand to the scientific community by participating in an Adventurers and...

Most guidebook authors will tell you their writing is a labor of love. Just ask Susan Joy Paul about it. This past year she hiked 400 miles and 75,000 feet up to 150 waterfalls researching and recording details for...

Are you ready for some hard work, fun and the satisfaction that comes from restoring trails on Colorado’s fourteeners? Plenty of volunteer opportunities remain this summer to get out and get active with like-minded individuals on a...

During a recent trip in the San Juan Mountains I spoke with experienced climbers about their future goals. A few were setting their sights on ultra-long distance backpacks instead of higher, harder, more remote peak climbs. I’d...

There’s always more to climbing a 14er than merely reaching the top. While hiking gentle giant Uncompahgre Peak, I found undulating slopes dotted with lush wildflowers and the Uncompahgre Fritillary Butterfly an endangered species. Who knew my mountaineering...