The 14ers Aren't Trails. The Sooner We Stop Thinking of them that way, the Sooner We can Save them

“It’s sort of a quality over quantity. some places, that’s how they market themselves.”

DENVER, CO — September 15, 2022

The 14ers — mountains over 14,000’ tall, if you didn’t know — are very crowded. The community has been quite divided over what methods should be used to help protect these alpine environments.

To get a better idea of what the best path forward may be, I spoke with Doctors Catherine Keske and John Loomis. Their research¹ on t…