![91.5 KRCC's Wish We Were Here show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/070/382/small/91-5-krcc-s-wish-we-were-here.jpg)
Summary: Most people think of Pikes Peak as a tourist destination – the Fourteener with a highway and a donut shop on top. But for many local mountaineers, climbers and skiers, Pikes Peak is also a wilderness playground. For backcountry skiers Dan Crossey , Mike Houston, Bill Blair, and Nate Porter Pikes Peak was like their backyard. But on April 25, 1995, what should’ve been a routine day of Spring skiing on Pikes Peak quickly turned into a nightmare.