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2. Longs Peak
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Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Kid Everest
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Rocky Mountain
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Hugged a Colorado Fourteener Lately?
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Rising to the Challenge
How do you learn to conquer a snow-covered mountain—and your fears? Simple. Go with Wyoming's Exum Mountain Guides, the leaders in mountaineering training.
What Andrew McLean, Ski Mountaineer, Brings
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McLean, 47, is one of the world's most accomplished backcountry skiers, with first descents on every continent—and more than 100 total. This spring, he's off to Greenland for a few more. Here's what he's packing.
How to Build a Bomber Anchor
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To set up your own anchor for a climbing top rope (or slackline, or car stuck in a ditch), all you need is a 20-foot piece of webbing, a carabiner, and a tree.
Climbing Trips - How to Train
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Climbing Trips - What to Expect
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GORPtravel Adventure Trips & Guided Tours

Colorado Rock Climbing
AVA's Colorado Rafting
from $79, 1 days
Arkansas Valley Adventures offers rock climbing lessons and guided climbing trips. AVA provides half-day trips for the beginner or intermediate...
Rocky Mountain Multisport
The World Outdoors
from $2098, 6 days
Rocky Mountain National Park and surrounding wilderness areas are the showstoppers of the West! Emerald lakes, wildflower meadows and old growth...

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What You Need: Ski Mountaineering
The gear you need to strap on, pack up, wear, and shed to get up—and back down—a serious mountain.
Women's Rock Climbing
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Ice Climbing Gear Essentials
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The key to staying warm and stuck to the ice? The right stuff.
What Andrew McLean, Ski Mountaineer, Brings
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McLean, 47, is one of the world's most accomplished backcountry skiers, with first descents on every continent—and more than 100 total. This spring, he's off to Greenland for a few more. Here's what he's packing.

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Fitness

Are the Mountains Killing Your Brain?
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Alarming new science shows that thin air can wreck brain cells—at lower altitudes than you'd think. Here's how to protect yourself.
Mountain Athlete
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Jackson, Wyoming
Chalk It Up
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Experience is the key to mountaineering prowess, but high-altitude fitness makes all the difference on summit day
America's Best Cities: Charlotte, North Carolina
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Hot Flex
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Meet your secret muscles—and find out how these hidden assets can leverage your leap to peak performance

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Attractions

Mount Holy Cross

Good For Climbing

Holy Cross Wilderness
Minturn, Colorado

Description: Named for a snow-filled crevice on its northeast face that forms a distinct cross, the mountain towers 14,000 feet over Rocky Mountain National Park. ... Read More

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Ouray Hot Springs Pool & Fitness Center

Good For Climbing

U.S. 550, at the north end of Ouray
1200 Main St
Ouray, Colorado 81420

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This oval outdoor pool, 120 feet by 150 feet, holds nearly a million gallons of odorless mineral... Read More

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Longs Peak Trail

Good For Climbing

Estes Park, Colorado

Description: Longs Peak Trail is 16 miles roundtrip from the Rocky Mountain National Park ranger station. The trail passes through three zones—montane, sub-alpine, and alpine. ... Read More

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