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.

A man believed to be in his 30s was found dead Saturday morning near Crater Lake in the Maroon Bells Wilderness area, authorities said Saturday evening. The man, who has not been identified, was found ...

A man’s body was recovered from the Maroon Bells Wilderness Saturday morning after a hiker in the area spotted the body in the snow and called authorities. Just after 7 a.m., a hiker on his way to ...

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 ...

Last week, rescuers were sent out twice in just three days in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness. Both times the incidents involved backpackers caught in deep snow on the Silver Creek Trail in East ...

The chance discovery of fossilized animal tracks high in the Maroon Bells Wilderness has caused a flurry of excitement in the scientific community and is helping geologists gain a fuller understanding ...

The days of unlimited use of some high-traffic camping areas in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness near Aspen appear to be nearly over. White River National Forest Supervisor Scott Fitzwilliams has ...

The Forest Service is seeking public comment on administrative rule changes for wilderness near Aspen that include codifying the requirement for bear resistant containers and clarifying rules about ...

Colorado has 41 designated wilderness areas, ranging from the small, such as the 8,095-acre Byers Peak Wilderness Area, to the immense, the 492,410-acre Weminuche Wilderness in southern Colorado.