The parking lot at the Blue Lakes trailhead near Ridgway needs to be rebuilt as part of a crowd management plan.

Steep peaks, deep snow, and wide-open terrain — Colorado’s San Juan Mountains are a dream destination ... plan an approachable tour to the Blue Lakes Hut near Ridgeway. The 5.5-mile winter ...

Steep peaks, deep snow, and wide-open terrain — Colorado’s San Juan Mountains are a dream destination ... plan an approachable tour to the Blue Lakes Hut near Ridgeway. The 5.5-mile winter ...

Grand Lake – set in a north-central Colorado town of the same name ... The natural alpine Lake San Cristobal is found in the San Juan Mountains at an elevation of 9,000 feet.

When the San Juan River flows out of the San Juan Mountains in Southwestern Colorado, it contributes 15% of Lake Powell’s water. But there’s a problem: The river carries a hefty 55% of the ...

Yet we were in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado, a spectacular place in ... We topped out on a narrow ridge overlooking Columbine Lake, which in summer glistens Caribbean blue ...

Owned and operated by San Juan Hut Systems ... say that there’s no easier way to reconnect than high up in the Colorado mountains with hikes through the tundra and delectable meals made by ...

Southwestern Colorado’s San Juan Mountain range is made up of the eroded remnants of dozens of volcanoes that were erupting between 35-25 million years ago. This includes the world’s largest volcanic ...

There are more than 4,000 lakes and reservoirs in Colorado. Approximately 150 of them are located in Rocky Mountain National Park alone. Needless to say, the Centennial State has its fair share of ...

As of March 23rd, the San Juan mountain range has surpassed the season-to-date snowpack record. With more snow to come, the seasonal record may be broken this year. The San Juan mountain snowpack ...