Back in 1954, Boulder’s Dale Johnson must have seemed like a madman. He was the first to seek permission from the National Park Service (NPS) to climb the Diamond — a 900-foot plaque of vertical ...

Rising nearly 9,000 feet above the Pacific Ocean, Alaska’s Devil’s Thumb is as infamous as it is remote — a jagged peak known ...

Joseph Gray’s win on the men’s side and Allie McLaughlin’s first-place finish for the women helped Colorado Springs runners sweep the Ascent. Gray and McLaughlin’s finishes mark the first time since ...

Grayson Lee smiles as he crosses the finish line of the 69th Pikes Peak Ascent on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, Special to The Gazette) Seth DeMoor celebrates ...

(PIKES PEAK, Colo.) — With just days away from the Pikes Peak Marathon and Ascent, many may be wondering how the weather is shaping up for the popular races. While America’s Mountain was coated in a ...

MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — The 69th Annual Pikes Peak Ascent took place Saturday, as hundreds of runners set out from the streets of Manitou Springs up the nearly 8,000-foot climb to the summit.