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We had just worked our way across the sea of rocks that led us to Capitol Peak’s K2, a lump that acted as the gateway to the peak’s justifiable reputation as Colorado’s toughest 14er. I swept across ...
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Advnture on MSNTwo out-of-state teenage hikers spend night cliffed out on one of Colorado's deadliest 14ers after "seeking a shorter route down"Two teenage hikers spent the night stranded on one of Colorado's deadliest peaks after seeking a shortcut down. According to ...
Two 19-year-old hikers from North Carolina were rescued early Wednesday morning after being trapped overnight on Capitol Peak ...
PITKIN COUNTY, Colo. — After five deaths on Capitol Peak in the past two months, experts are warning people considering climbing the 14er of the extreme conditions and urging them to take the… ...
Capitol Peak, in the Elk Mountain Range, is among the deadliest 14ers. Mountain safety advocates have a goal for 2018: Make sure climbers know what they’re getting into before they reach the ...
One climber was killed on Capitol Peak (14,137 feet) outside Aspen, Colorado, last week, while the mountain was the scene of other accidents--Mountain Rescue Aspen was called out to the Capitol ...
A 21-year-old mountain climber died Sunday on Capitol Peak above Aspen, the fifth in two months – apparently after attempting a precarious short-cut descent that leads to a 600-foot cliff.
A hiker died Sunday trying to summit Capitol Peak, west of Aspen, and is the second person to die on the mountain in less than a month. Pitkin County authorities said another hiker climbing the ...
Last week, as we've reported, Denver's Joseph Seeds Jr. was rescued from Capitol Peak, a fourteener in the Elk Mountains range near Aspen, where five people have died in 2017 to date. In this post ...
She started by going up 14,089-foot Windom Peak in the San Juans on July 16, and finished on July 30 by descending 14,138-feet Capitol Peak in the Elk Mountains.
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