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National Park Service kills controversial plan to ban climbing bolts in wilderness areas

Effort sought to allow local land managers to classify anchors as ‘permanent installations’

DATE: Dec 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Durango alpinist Kurt Blair presumed dead on New Zealand peak

‘He was living his dream,’ sister said of the 56-year-old climber

DATE: Dec 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Experienced climber falls 800 feet to his death on ridge near Telluride

21-year-old man from Arizona is second person to die while hiking in Colorado this week

DATE: Jul 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Lou Whittaker, among the most famous American mountaineers, has died at age 95

SEATTLE — Lou Whittaker, a legendary American mountaineer who helped lead ascents of Mount Everest, K2 and Denali, and who taught generations of climbers during his more than 250 trips up Mo...

DATE: Mar 30, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Forest Service, Park Service rock climbing proposals worry both climbers and wilderness advocates

New guidance from federal land managers seems to require an inventory and review of all existing bolts and fixed anchors in wilderness areas

DATE: Nov 18, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Youth climbers ascend on Durango for first Gravity Lab competition

A personal journey buoyed by camaraderie and cheering

DATE: Nov 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Famed CO climber recounts rescue from peak near Silverton

Gerry Roach, 79, has written guidebooks on climbing the state’s highest peaks

DATE: Aug 15, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango youth lend helping hands to erosion project

Nine sets of stone stairs created and 90 cubic feet of rock reshaped at popular climbing spot

DATE: Aug 14, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘Dirtbag with technology’: Luke Mehall on the counterculture within climbing

Durango-based business owner reflects on his work as a climber, steward and writer

DATE: Oct 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado climbers who summit buildings instead of mountains

Urban climbing, called buildering, has a rich history, especially on college campuses, dating back to the mid-1900s

DATE: Oct 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Durango rock climber rises above MS diagnosis, bringing others with him

Colorado Timberline Academy’s Ian Altman defies personal odds while living life to the extreme

DATE: Sep 26, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Authorities identify Colorado man who fell to death in Chicago Basin

La Plata County Search and Rescue spent parts of Monday and Tuesday recovering victim’s body

DATE: Aug 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

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