fourteener

Maybe it’s having a pebble in your shoe on a mile-long walk, or an early morning wake-up call to hike a fourteener.

And for the first time, Quandary Peak was the busiest fourteener.

Colorado has 58 mountains over 14,000 feet high, and every tourist, local and distant cousin wants to “bag a fourteener”.

Forest Service specialist flagging fourteener trails to replace those damaged by erosion.

Then they went and raised the cash, marking the first time the group - whose mission is “protect, restore and educate” - will purchase fourteener dirt.