The snow isn’t even off the trees. There are no buds or even sign of bloom in the high country, but that doesn’t impact human computations and planning. Monday, May 1, offers a slight window for one ...

The Maroon Bells aren’t something you just hop on a shuttle bus to see. That’s the tourist conveyor belt — jammed with sweaty bodies, the reek of sunscreen, and the hollow rattle of protein bar ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Permits for overnight backpacking in restricted areas of the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness in the rugged Elk Mountains west of Aspen go on sale next week.

The U.S. Forest Service has approved a plan that will allow for a reservation system to be implemented to limit overnight use in crowded areas of the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness outside Aspen.

As the recent government shutdown is compromising operations for a large swath of the U.S. Forest Service, the iconic Maroon Bells location outside of Aspen has received an “exception” from the ...

A draft comprehensive management plan for the Maroon Bells area will be unveiled to the public in a meeting set for 5 p.m. Tuesday in the Pitkin County Administration Building. The public will have a ...

An intensive study of existing conditions at Maroon Lake has convinced some observers that tweaks to a reservation system could help reduce peak visitation and smooth out demand to the Aspen-area’s ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A 39-year-old climber was rescued Sunday from North Maroon Peak, a fourteener southwest of Aspen in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness Area, sheriff’s ...

ASPEN, Colo. — Do the Rocky Mountains hold a solution for the problems afflicting the Enchantments? I recently visited the Maroon Bells Scenic Area to look for lessons at one of Colorado’s most sought ...