In a state filled with diverse terrain, no destination offers quite the juxtaposition as St. Mary’s Glacier. Even in the state’s warmest months, St. Mary’s is peppered with snowshoers, boarders, and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In the middle of July when a heat advisory flashes across a phone to warn of 100-plus-degree days approaching, a hike to a perpetual patch of snow sounds ...

The hike to St. Mary’s Glacier is quintessential Colorado for a few reasons. For the rugged and sweeping scenery. For the easy access — that spoiled feeling we get only an hour’s drive from Denver.

The hike to St. Mary’s Glacier is quintessential Colorado for a few reasons. For the rugged and sweeping scenery. For the easy access — that spoiled feeling we get only an hour’s drive from Denver.

During the Ice Age, Colorado was covered by a massive, frozen sheet. That ice, slowly moving, then carved much of the state's landscape. There are still a few remnants of that ice left in Colorado as ...