Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As I clung to the iron rungs embedded in the rock wall of the Royal Gorge, I looked around and caught my breath. RELATED: 6 Colorado via ferratas you’ll want ...

CAÑON CITY • For too long, Brent Hargrave has been gazing out the glass walls of the Royal Gorge Bridge and Park visitor center and dreaming. People, of course, have been walking the bridge above ...

In Colorado Springs, there’s “America’s Mountain.” About an hour’s drive to the southwest, there’s “America’s Bridge.” The Royal Gorge Bridge officially established the trademark in 2019 — 90 years ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — For too long Brent Hargrave has been gazing out the glass walls of the Royal Gorge Bridge and Park visitor center and dreaming. People, of course, have been walking the ...

As I wobble along the via ferrata’s cable-wire bridge stretched across the Uncompahgre Gorge in Ouray, I keep reminding myself of one thing: Don’t look down. Don’t look down. Do. Not. Look. Down. That ...

Via ferrata climbing routes, an accessible and egalitarian way to climb rock, are being built by ski areas and becoming increasingly popular across the U.S. Via ferrata is an Italian term that mean’s ...

I stood on a rock ledge, terra firma far below, and took in the panorama to my left. Against the horizon sat Fairchild Mountain — reaching just above 13,500 feet — and other peaks in the Mummy Range, ...

Via ferratas in Europe are often unguided, but in the United States, a guide typically accompanies all climbers. There were just four in my group: my husband and me, both in our 50s, plus a couple in ...