Closing Longs Peak for the winter — when Albert, Tice and Pruitt all went missing and could not be found due to weather conditions — also doesn’t make sense because many people want to ...

He climbed the 14,259-foot-tall Longs Peak alone, in winter conditions that would caution hikers to include crampons, a helmet and an ice ax — he packed all but a helmet.

Two climbers have returned safely to the base of 14,259-foot Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park after a rescue when they became stranded on the mountain's perilous Diamond eastern face.

LONGS PEAK — The body of a 25-year-old Westminster man, who died on Longs Peak in winter-like conditions on Friday, has been recovered and taken off of the mountain. On Friday, Russell Jacobs ...

The body found on Longs Peak has been identified as Russell Jacobs, 25, of Westminster. ... He was unprepared for winter conditions or to spend the night at elevations above 13,000 feet.

At 3:20 a.m. on the first day of winter, Dec. 21, Chris Deuto left the Longs Peak trailhead aiming for the Diamond: a 900-foot wall of vertical granite on the mountain’s northeast face.

Dear Johnnie: I’ve lived in Longmont for 35 years and have wondered about our weather pattern here. This time of year it’s not unusual to watch Denver TV and hear the lamentations of th… ...

Pikes Peak is not the only Colorado 14er still covered in snow, which isn't unusual in early summer. All major routes on Longs Peak are snow- and ice-covered, according to Rocky Mountain National ...

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (KRDO) -- Tuesday evening, two climbers got themselves stranded on Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP). According to a release from the park ...