Colorado’s Longs Peak: A Reward Worth The Suffering
Longs Peak is one of the most scenic and challenging summits to bag without technical climbing.
Longs Peak is one of the most scenic and challenging summits to bag without technical climbing.
How the torch of alpine wisdom is passed down to the next generation of mountaineers.
Photos and story by Laurel Miller Although I’m a native Californian, I grew up skiing Colorado. This is because my parents met while students at Colorado A & M (now CSU) in the mid-50s, and they were avid skiers. My dad was finishing up veterinary school, and my mom was on the barrel racing team. Although they chose to move West to open my dad’s large animal practice, Colorado to this day retains a stronghold on their hearts—something that was passed on to my brother and me in utero (I can only presume). My dad’s obsession with the Rockies began when he was pre-med and trying to obtain residency for vet school, courtesy of the GI Bill. A World War II veteran and Arizona native, he moved to Colorado and…