Rescue crews, firefighters, and the coroner's office all responded to a steep hillside off Lookout Lane in Grand Junction where five 17-year-olds lost their lives.
Most hikers stick to dawn and dusk at Colorado National Monument, but the ones heading out after dark are seeing a completely different side of the canyon.
Burn scars from weeks of Western Slope wildfires have left the ground in a condition where even a short rainstorm can turn a dry gulch into something unrecognizable.
Not all of Colorado's 58 fourteeners are a long haul from Grand Junction. Some of the most dramatic ones in the San Juans are closer than most people realize.