Sentences with word «fourteener»

Crestone Needle was dangerously close to being a technical climb, and the other fourteeners I had successfully «bagged» were, although grueling and challenging, no more than a particularly arduous trek up a trail — a trail any fit Zumba teacher could survive.

Many adults can readily recall a «first» they experienced while on vacation with their own families: a first glimpse of the Grand Canyon, the towering skyline of New York City, the White House, the pounding surf of the Pacific or a majestic fourteener.

I've hiked several fourteeners (for the sake of the «twenty - five fourteeners before age twenty - five» goal that I accomplished), and Handies Peak definitely was one of the most gorgeous ones — though they're all gorgeous.

I am very happy with the purchase so far, and these boots seem well - made and super light... [After] I trekked the Inca Trail, I hiked up Colorado fourteeners, I hiked all over the Rockies.

Known as one of Colorado's fourteeners, Pikes Peak is a mystical mountain soaring above the clouds and covered with snow nearly year round.

About seven hours from Denver, Telluride is nestled into the fourteener - heavy San Juan Mountain range.

Crestone Needle is commonly listed in the «Most Difficult» category of hikes of all the fourteeners in Colorado, but I had yet to venture above the «Moderate» category.

Reports said it was extremely easy to lose the route on your way to the summit, and while it's 11.25 miles long (a moderate distance for a fourteener), hikers would be gaining an unprecedented 4,400 feet of elevation.

A fourteener is, quite simply, a mountain with an altitude of at least fourteen thousand feet.

After the fourteeners.

Telluride is not just a spectacular ski resort surrounded by four 14,000 foot peaks (Colorado's famed «fourteeners»), it is also an old silver mining town with a Wild West streak; home to the very first bank Butch Cassidy robbed, right on Main Street.

Toss this handy guide in your pack before climbing that fourteener, or cycling through the streets of Denver.

Exploring the trails of Colorado or hiking the many 14,000 foot peaks (called 14 ′ ers or fourteeners) can be some of the most exciting backpacking available in the world.

Exploring the trails of Colorado or hiking the many 14,000 foot peaks (called 14 ′ ers or fourteeners) can be some of the -LSB-...]