Torreys Peak is high enough for serious altitude sickness risk. Most people who live over 5,000 feet in Colorado can do the hike without much discomfort, but they aren’t immune.

That viewpoint on Square Top’s southeast ridge is roughly 2.5 miles from the Square Top Lakes trailhead on the pass, a climb ...

Hikers ascend the final 300-400 feet to the 14,275-foot summit of Torreys Peak along the Continental Divide at the eastern border of Summit County on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020.

On June 12, a team with the High-Altitude National Guard Aviation Training Site in Gypsum got reports of two hikers who were ...

Rescuers approach Torreys Peak on June 12, 2025, responding to a call from two stranded hikers. Photo courtesy of Alpine Rescue Team The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado.

Torreys Peak avalanche (Colorado Avalanche Information Center) Two Flight for Life helicopters dropped the teams in, and all six hikers were found and suffered minor injuries.

Torreys Peak is ranked variously as the 11th or 12th highest summit in Colorado and is less than 200 feet (60 meters) shorter than the state's highest mountain, Mount Elbert.

When Alpine Rescue Team responded to a call around 1 p.m. Sunday, July 2, about a dog that had fallen from Torreys Peak, a 14,000-foot summit just east of Summit County, the pet owners had no idea … ...

After anchoring their rappelling gear to a rock at the top of Torreys Peak, Alpine Rescue Team was ready to drop straight over a cornice to retrieve Zola, a labradoodle who they believe fell right ...

When the Evergreen-based Alpine Rescue Team received a call over Memorial Day weekend for a skier who had taken a 1,000-foot fall through a couloir off Torreys Peak, just east of Summit County, the ...

CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — A dog is now reunited with its owners after falling off the east face of the popular 14er Torreys Peak over the weekend.