Continental Divide
A continental divide is a topographic feature separating streams that flow towards opposite sides of a continent. It is a continental scale version of the topographic divides that s...
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The fast-spinning ball of globalization poses both a blessing and a curse for business leaders.The upside is that companies can sell far more goods and services in far-flung markets. The downside i...
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Eldora Mountain Resort plans to open for the ski season Friday, though that could be moved back if there's not enough snow.Six Colorado resorts have already opened, with the help of chilly temperat...
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America's a big country, but that doesn't mean you can't see it on foot. Decades ago, conservationists protected chunks of wilderness to be designated as hiking trails, and those routes are still t...
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A medical plane slammed into a mountainside Friday, leaving three people dead amid the wreckage, authorities said.The body of one crew member was recovered and authorities concluded no one else cou...
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A medical plane slammed into a mountainside Friday, leaving three people dead amid the wreckage, authorities said.The body of one crew member was recovered and authorities concluded no one else cou...
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Crews were removing about 3,000 tons of rock each hour.But as the excavation continued into the night Wednesday, rescuers still hadn't located two men who had been trapped for more than 30 hours un...
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Grizzly bear and gray wolf populations in parts of the Northern Rockies are considered stable enough by the government to survive without Endangered Species Act protection. But the animals could ge...
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Federal and state wildlife officials said Friday they are investigating the killing of a grizzly bear in north-central Idaho, where the last confirmed sighting of the species was in 1946.The bear, ...
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Wind-whipped snow and avalanche danger closed the main highway through the Colorado mountains for most of Monday, stranding thousands of travelers as they headed to New Year's Eve celebrations.Port...
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Strands of distressed, red pine trees across northern Colorado and the Front Range are a visible testament to the bark beetle infestation that officials said will kill most of the state's lodgepole...
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