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Hikers ascend and descend Torreys Peak as storm clouds build on a weekday in August 2019. The view is from Grays Peak.
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Hikers head up Quandary Peak on a weekday in August earlier this decade. Quandary has established itself as Colorado’s busiest 14er.
CFI-Lloyd Athearn/courtesy photo
Colorado’s tallest peaks proved more popular than ever when people flocked to the great outdoors during the pandemic summer of 2020.
An estimated 415,000 people hiked the 14ers last year a whopping 44 percent increase over 2019, according to a report released Thursday by the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative.