Leadville, CO

Lake County Sheriff Heath Speckman spent the summer fighting the Willow Fire instead of training. Then he rode the rerouted Leadville 100. The post Town comes together to save Leadville 100 first appeared on Krystal 93.

Lake County Sheriff Heath Speckman spent the summer fighting the Willow Fire instead of training. Then he rode the rerouted Leadville 100.

Photojournalist Anne Herbst and reporter Marc Sallinger preview their story about how first responders and residents helped the race proceed despite the Willow fire. The post Behind the scenes: Community rallies to save Leadville 100 mountain bike race first appeared on Krystal 93.

Here’s your forecast from Heart of the Rockies Radio- Valley rain and mountain snow return to the area today into tomorrow morning.  Salida and Buena Vista will see a high of 55.  A low of 25.  The San Luis Valley can expect a high of 49, a low of 27.    Leadville and Fairplay look for […]

An autopsy has been conducted to determine the cause of death of 19-year-old Kaden Matsuda and 20-year-old Jackson Donlon, the two Colorado Mountain College students from the Leadville campus who were recovered from a basin of West Apostle Mountain in Chaffee County on October 29th.  The autopsy showed that the cause of their deaths was […]

Staff from Colorado Mountain College Leadville Campus reported the students missing after they didn’t return from the hike. The post Missing students found dead together after attempt to hike Colorado mountain first appeared on Krystal 93.

Two college students who went hiking in Colorado have been found dead after they were not seen or heard from for several days. Deputies discovered the bodies of Kaden Matsuda, 19, and Jackson Donlon, 20, in a mountain basin on West Apostle Mountain, the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office confirmed. Matsuda, of Ridgway, Colorado, and Donlon, of Queensbury, New York, were both students at Colorado Mountain College Leadville campus. Deputies say they left campus for a hike near Ice Mountain on F

After days of searching and employing numerous resources from all over Colorado, the Chaffee County Sheriff reported last night that the two missing hikers, students at Colorado Mountain College, Leadville Campus, missing since last Friday, https://heartoftherockiesradio.com/conditions-could-impede-search-for-hikers/ Kaden Matsuda, age 19 from Ridgeway, CO and Jackson Donlon age 20 from New York were located deceased at […]

Here’s your forecast from Heart of the Rockies Radio- Mostly sunny skies and mild conditions continue through tomorrow.     Salida and Buena Vista will see a high of 63.  A low of 33.  The San Luis Valley can expect a high of 59, a low of 35.    Leadville and Fairplay look for a high of […]

Two Colorado college students have been found dead after going missing during a weekend hiking trip in the Rocky Mountains. The Chaffee County Sheriff's Office said late Wednesday that search and rescue volunteers found the bodies of Kaden Matsuda and Jackson Donlon earlier in the day in a basin of West Apostle Mountain, where heavy snow fell last weekend. They left Colorado Mountain College Leadville’s campus Friday and were expected back by Sunday, but were reported missing on Monday morning