Wilderness camping is not for the faint of heart. It’s for the dreamers, the doers, the ones who crave connection with nature and aren’t afraid to get a little dirt under their nails. Far removed from ...

Many summer visitors to Summit County, and even some locals, don’t fully understand what a “wilderness area” is. Is it any undeveloped land, part of the national forest, a federal or state park? And ...

INDEX — The Wild Sky Wilderness just got a little bigger. Last week, 345 acres of land in the wilderness were transferred from private to public ownership through the Wilderness Land Trust, a ...

The nation's first official wilderness turned 100 this year. But today, the definition of wilderness is being tested. KALW reporter Marissa Ortega-Welch has been hiking in the wilderness for over 20 ...

The Wilderness Act of 1964 governs use and management of our four wilderness areas in Summit and Eagle counties — Eagles Nest, Ptarmigan Peak, Holy Cross and Flat Tops — and as well as the other 799 ...