Perhaps euphoric from reaching the summit and maybe feeling a time crunch to return to Fort Collins, Matthew fell from the narrow Ledges section of the mountain — a series of narrow ledges with ...

When Lisa Foster and Steph Abegg stood atop Longs Peak in March 2024, they gazed over the surrounding landscape, reveling in the winter sun. They had pushed against strong and bitter winds, managed ...

Search and rescue team members above Black Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park search for missing hiker Lucas Macaj below the Ledges and Trough area of Longs Peak's Keyhole Route on May 14, 2024.

Air reconnaissance has focused on the Keyhole Route including The Ledges, The Trough, The Narrows, The Homestretch and the saddle between Longs Peak and Mount Meeker.

Lucas Macaj, 23, of Colorado Springs went missing Sunday, May 12 on Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park. Search efforts are ongoing. Rocky Mountain National Park/Courtesy photo Rangers with ...

Rangers with Rocky Mountain National Park started conducting search efforts on Monday for a 23-year-old man who went missing on Longs Peak. Lucas Macaj is from Colorado Springs, he was attempting ...

The story of Longs Peak and Rocky Mountain National Park during the 1960s reveals in rich detail the challenges of moving toward a truly multidimensional ethic of care at the local level. The history ...

The popularity of the peak is a blessing and a curse. A study showed 15,000 to 20,000 people attempt to summit Longs each year. More than 70 people have died trying since the park opened in 1915.

The top of Longs is broader—roughly the size of a football field—than the view from Denver suggests. Trace the edges to soak in a 360-degree panorama that includes 14,115-foot Pikes Peak and a slew of ...

One of the state's most popular fourteeners, peaks above 14,000 feet, also is the deadliest. According to records, more than 70 people have died climbing Longs Peak since the park's inception in 1915.