Fourteener enthusiasts will have to go a long way this summer to climb one of the state’s most recognizable 14,000-foot ...

The 14,265-ft. Mount Evans was renamed by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to Mount Blue Sky on Sept. 15, 2023. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post) A view from the Mount Evans trail in Clear ...

DENVER — Someone who wants to drive to the top of the newly renamed Mount Blue Sky must first get off at the Mount Evans exit, drive on the Mount Evans Scenic Byway, ...

Known locally as “fourteeners,” 54 peaks in Colorado are more than 14,000 feet high, and 14,264-foot Mount Evans is one of two that can be driven all the way to the top.

The 14er, which looms above Denver, is currently named for Colorado territorial Gov. John Evans, who created the conditions that led to the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people ...

The push to rename Mount Evans draws roots from the Native self-determination movement that began in the 1960s, says Matthew Makley, history professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver ...

A Colorado state panel suggested to change the name of Mount Evans to Mount Blue Sky. The original name is tied to the massacre of more than 200 Native Americans.

Hart Van Denburg/CPR News Mount Evans, a familiar fourteener and backdrop to the west of the Denver skyline, was named for John Evans, territorial governor from 1862-1865. Evans was forced to ...

The U.S. Board on Geographic Names, which has final approval authority over name changes on geographic locations, is planning to vote on Friday on a proposal from Colorado to change ...

DENVER – Mount Evans, the Colorado fourteener named after the state’s disgraced territorial governor, now has a new name: Mount Blue Sky.. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names voted 15-1 on ...

Mount Evans — now renamed to Mount Blue Sky — rises above Denver’s skyline in 2016. The federal naming board selected Mount Blue Sky after it was recommended by Colorado’s Geographic Naming Advisory ...

Mount Evans, the Colorado fourteener named after the state’s disgraced territorial governor, now has a new name: Mount Blue Sky. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names voted 15-1 on Friday afternoon ...