Mile High Mountaineer The newsletter of the Group of the Club Volume 42, No. 8

August 2010 • www.cmc.org USFS Proposes Fees in South Colony Basin Compiled from The Denver Post, May 16, 2010 article by Jason Blevins (303-954-1374 or [email protected]) and the USFS press release In May the USFS floated a plan that would require hikers to pay for access permits to South Colony Basin where the trail heads are located for , , and Peak in the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range. The proposal states the fees would be used to help maintain the $1 million spent on in recently finished trail improvements and protect the 1,500-acre basin's alpine terrain. The USFS states that Forest Service appropriated funds have not been sufficient to maintain current recreational services and environmental protections in South Colony Basin which they believe presents many challenges not found in other backcountry locations; such as maintaining costly summit trails, managing social and environmental impacts at campsites, restoring degraded alpine ecosystems, supporting search and rescue operations, dealing with human waste, and providing quality recreational experiences despite high levels of visitor use. Usage of the South Colony Basin is estimated by the USFS at 4500 visitors annually. The South Colony fee proposal requires approval by the Colorado Recreation Resource Advisory Committee, which reviews all federal agency fee plans in the state. The committee is expected to review the plan in early 2011 and if OK'd, the permit system will likely be installed for the 2012 summer season. Obviously a fee-based access permit could impact CMC members’ summit attempts and camping in the South Colony Basin. Some members believe that if the proposal passes other ranger districts will also propose access fees. Members are encouraged to comment individually on the proposed policy. Go here to comment: http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/psicc/contact/feedback/ index.shtml CMC members may not be aware the State Board passed a policy on user access fees in July 2001. The Colorado Mountain Clubs Board policy: If a user fee program for public lands recreation is passed, the CMC believes that the program must recognize the following concepts: fee programs should be developed to meet short-term needs and not be intended to offset appropriated base funds; fees should be flexible, convenient, and coordinated amongst agencies when appropriate; fees should not result in increased infrastructure unless the agency is capable of adequately funding its maintenance in the long-term with base appropriations; fees should not preclude the enjoyment of our nation’s wild places by lower income individuals; and fee programs should Continues on page 3 Trip Signup Denver Group Council Seeks New Council To register for CMC trips online, go to www.cmc.org, sign in as a member, and Candidates For October Election click on TRIP SIGNUP. Search by whatever criteria you like; fewer criteria Are you interested in having a say about how the Denver work better. Call the office at 303-279-3080 x 2 if you need your password Group of CMC is managed? Are you interested in having or any assistance. We will also be happy to sign you up for trips if you don’t greater representation of your section on Council? Are you have computer access. interested in learning more about how certain activities or programs are handled? If so, your opportunity has come Calendar of Events by being a candidate for the Council Election. Contact For more information about schools, speakers, volunteer opportunities, and Stan Moore at [email protected] if you are interested in special events, go to our web site and click on PROGRAMS. To see joining the following members as candidates for the 2010- member-only schools and seminars, you must first sign in as a member. 2011 Denver Group Council election: 2-Aug 6:30pm Wilderness First Aid Marty Billings, Jeff Flax, Tiffany Holcomb, 4-Aug 6:00pm Backpacking School Erica May, Janet Martel, Beatriz Silveria Biographies of all candidates will appear in the September and 4-Aug 5:30pm Open Wall Climb October MHM. The October election will be via electronic 9-Aug 6:00pm Wilderness First Aid ballot or hard copy ballot to be contained in the October 9-Aug 6:30pm Adventure Travel Committee MHM issue. 10-Aug 6:00pm AAC Library Book Club 11-Aug 6:00pm BWAMM Speaker Series Not Your Backyard A’s & B’s The Denver Group is in need of A & B hikes and A & 11-Aug 6:00pm Backpacking School B hike leaders. 11-Aug 7:00pm Denver Group Council Meeting Each weekend hikes have the maximum members 12-Aug 4:00pm State Safety & Leadership Meeting registered and a waiting list almost equal, and in some 12-Aug 5:30pm Open Wall Climb cases in excess of, the number of members registered. 16-Aug 6:00pm Wilderness First Aid This situation is frustrating to all involved, 16-Aug 6:00pm DG Safety and Leadership Committee hikers and leaders alike. There are many close-in Denver, Jeffco 18-Aug 5:30pm Open Wall Climb and Douglas County hikes but here is an 19-Aug 6:00pm Fly Fishing Section Monthly Meeting opportunity for A & B hike leaders to 19-Aug 4:00pm CMC Foundation learn from other leaders about “Not in Your Backyard 22-Aug 7:30am Wilderness First Aid A & B Hikes”. 23-Aug 6:00pm New Member Meeting All leaders, but especially A & B hike leaders and 25-Aug YEP- Sheltered Workshop members who have completed Trip Leader School who 8:00am are looking for Leader in Training (LIT) hikes are invited 26-Aug 5:30pm Open Wall Climb to attend a learning session on August 12th, Thursday, in 27-Aug 9:00am YEP Conference Room A from 6:30 – 8:00 pm. 28-Aug 12:00pm Himalayan Cataract Project At the learning session “Not in Your Backyard A & 1-Sep 6:00pm Backpacking School B Hikes” will be presented in a consistent format 1-Sep 6:00pm BWAMM Speaker Series highlighting mileage, elevation, trail head directions, etc. Please register through the Trip Sign Up System. 1-Sep 6:00pm HAMS ExComm 2-Sep 5:30pm Development Committee 2-Sep 7:00pm YEP Speaker Pasquale

NEW MEMBER DUES SPECIAL OFFER If you are interested in making a presentation, please $25 PROCESSING FEE WAIVED e-mail Linda Lawson at [email protected]. FOR SPECIFIC TIME PERIODS Tell your friends, family, your coworkers, your neighbors! Post it on Facebook and Twitter! Put it in your blogs! CMC annual dues for NEW DENVER GROUP MEMBERS are reduced $25 during the following 2010 dates. These dates coincide with the New Member Meetings with the offer ending the day after the meeting in anticipation of more members joining and attending the New Member Meetings. A coupon number will be posted to the on-line application during these dates allowing New Denver Group Individual & Family Members to have the $25 processing waived. Waiver of the fee results in Annual Denver Group dues of $77 for Individuals and $118 for a Family; two year memberships realize an additional discount. August 11 – August 24 New Member Meeting August 23 September 13-September 23 New Member Meeting September22 2 Mile High Mountaineer • August 2010 Continued from page 1 be designed to avoid the creation of a commercial atmosphere on public lands, which is enhanced by private involvement in recreation management. Additionally, a recreation user fee program for public lands must also meet, at a minimum, the following operational criteria: does not offset federal funding; limits the number of agency sites/projects under the program; requires agencies to develop program and site plans including goals, objectives, and timelines to be met with fee monies; requires agencies to coordinate fee programs; requires that funds are returned to the resource; requires that the public has input into the development of fee programs and that the agencies provide progress reports to the public; waives fees, in part or in total, for low-income individuals and volunteers; is cost- effective (25% or less for administrative overhead including administrative costs that are passed on to a contractor); requires agencies to undertake an analysis of displacement effects before fee projects are instituted; requires that fee projects have defined expiration dates; requires that fee projects stop once the budget backlogs or site objectives are met, or the expiration date is encountered; suspends an agency‘s authority to collect fees if it fails to meet any of the criteria; and limits the use of collected funds to the following acceptable uses and specifically disallows use of collected funds for the following: Acceptable uses for fee monies: maintenance, education/interpretation/enforcement, prevention/ mitigation of recreation–related impacts, one-time development of recreation/travel management plans, and recreation-related research. Unacceptable uses for fee monies: capital construction and capacity enhancement, full-time permanent employees, marketing, and general planning. stop once the budget backlogs or site objectives are met, or the expiration date is encountered; suspends an agency‘s authority to collect fees if it fails to meet any of the criteria; and limits the use of collected funds to the following acceptable uses and specifically disallows use of collected funds for the following: Acceptable uses for fee monies: maintenance, education/interpretation/enforcement, prevention/ mitigation of recreation–related impacts, one-time development of recreation/travel management plans, and recreation-related research. Unacceptable uses for fee monies: capital construction and capacity enhancement, full-time permanent employees, marketing, and general planning.

Contacts: Bryan Martin, Director CMC Conservation Department [email protected] DG Conservatioin Committee Co-Chairs Claude Neumann [email protected] and Phil Kummer [email protected]

CORSAR Cards Colorado Outdoor Recreation Search and Rescue (CORSAR) Cards are available for purchase at the Membership Services counter. Proceeds from sales of the card support the Colorado Search and Rescue Fund. This fund reimburses county sheriffs for costs incurred in search and rescue. Volunteers who give their time and expertise to assist victims can also be reimbursed for costs they incur. For the cost of the card, you help ensure that trained and well equipped search and rescue teams will respond should you become lost or in need of rescue and, they will not have to incur undue expense due to your emergency. Prices: 5 year card $12; 1 year card $3 CMC receives a small portion of each sale. A few CORSAR statistics: • From 2006 to 2008. there was an average of 1116 Search and Rescue missions per year in the State of Colorado. • In 2008 there were 1185 SAR missions statewide. • Last fiscal year there were no mission reimbursement requests for fatalities. In this fiscal year, there have already been three mission reimbursement requests for missions involving fatalities. Mile High Mountaineer • August 2010 3 Denver Group Schools For more information and to register for Denver Group Schools, go to www.cmc.org, log in as a member, and go to PROGRAMS, EDUCATION. Members of other CMC Groups are welcome to attend these schools for a $10 surcharge. Denver Group Standard Refund Policy: “Student/Participant requests for refunds of tuition/fees must be requested in writing to the appropriate school or event director. Requests made prior to 30 days before the beginning of the school/event will be processed less a $10 handling fee. Requests made within 30 days of the school/event will be refunded at 50% of the amount paid. No refunds will be made after the beginning of the school/event. However, a refund less $10 can be obtained if a person is found to take the original student’s place in a school.” Backpacking School Registration Now Open Lectures: July 28-December 5, four overnight backpacking trips and one day-trip. Fee is $110 ($120 if non-Denver Group members). Backpacking School is now accepting registrations for the 2010 class. The Denver Group’s Backpacking School is an entry-level course and a great opportunity to meet others with similar outdoor interests! Backpacking is the foundation for any mountaineering adventure. This course includes classroom sessions and overnight field trips to give you the knowledge and experience you need to successfully plan your own backcountry trips in any season. Backpacking School provides: • The pros and cons of backpacking gear for all seasons • Off-trail navigation skills using map and compass • Outdoor First Aid skills • Emergency survival skills • Correct use of a Mountaineering Axe for snow travel (self belay/arrest) • Denver Group “B” hiker classification for all graduates Backpacking School 2009 • Meets the “School” prerequisite requirement for Basic Mountaineering School • New hiking partners Go to cmc.org/Denver/schools for more information, complete class schedule or to register. Wilderness First Aid Jeanette Kehoe at [email protected] or the CMC office. SPRING COURSE: August 2, 9, 16 6:30 pm – 9:30 & August 22 8:00 am – 3:00 $75 CMC Members. $85 Non-Members. $35 Trip Leaders. The CMC is offering the comprehensive and nationally recognized Wilderness First Aid (WFA) program. The course follows a standardized program through the Emergency Care and Safety Institute and consists of 10 hours of lecture, 6 hours of practical, and both written and practical exams. Topics include patient assessment, environmental emergencies, trauma, splinting, medical emergencies, altitude illnesses, and insect and animal bites. A comprehensive textbook is included in the fee. The course is being given over three 3 hour weekday nights and one 7 hour weekend day will all classes being held at the Golden CMC clubhouse. A Wilderness First Aid card is issued upon completion. The course is open and highly recommend to all CMC members regardless of experience. Those with experience are encouraged to use this comprehensive course as a refresher and to practice skills we rarely need but are critical to know. The class will be offered four times in 2010. Classes missed during one course can be made up during the next session. Wilderness Trekking School Starts September 14 Get ready for hiking in Colorado’s fabulous golden autumn! The crowds are gone, the foothills are crisp and cool, and the thunder gods are sleeping. Wilderness Trekking School (WTS) is for those looking for adventure – AND – for those who just want to enjoy the scenery. WTS is a great introduction to the Colorado Mountain Club and a place to meet new friends. WTS is Colorado Mountain Club’s largest school, a comprehensive course on mountain hiking. Students are all ages, from 18 to 80. If you’re new to hiking, WTS gives you the opportunity to learn how to travel safely – and with confidence – in the backcountry. If you’re an experienced hiker, WTS gives you a chance to review, to enhance your skills, and possibly to fill in some gaps. WTS also fulfills one ofthe requirements to obtain a Denver Group C hiker classification and to attend Basic Mountaineering School. Topics covered include: • Essential gear, helping you decide what you need to buy and carry • Off-trail travel techniques, from boulders and talus to tundra • Map and compass skills, figuring out where you are, navigation and route-finding “I thought I knew a lot about hiking. Was • Weather, how to anticipate and handle wind, rain, lightning, and snow I wrong! WTS taught me so much more • Nutrition, helping you choose what food to carry than I imagined.” • Overnight survival techniques and how to handle a backcountry emergency WTS Student • Snow travel and avalanche awareness, handling unexpected snow on the trail • Leave No Trace practices Students have the opportunity to learn techniques of safe backcountry travel and to practice in a non-competitive, non-confrontational setting. Students plan and complete a graduation hike with their field group. WTS is a great place to learn and practice new skills, make new friends, and become a safe backcountry traveler. The course consists of five Tuesday nights and five field days. Students are divided into groups of 10-12 people, based on hiking pace, conditioning, and prior experience. Instructor teams consist of a senior instructor and two assistant instructors. Fall 2010 classes will be on Tuesdays Sep. 14, 21, Oct. 12, 19, and 26. Field days are on your choice of all Thursdays, Saturdays, or Sundays 4 Mile High Mountaineer • August 2010 on Sep. 23, 25, or 26; Sept 30, Oct. 2 or 3; Oct. 14, 16, or 17; Oct. 21, 23, or 24; Dec. 9, 11, or 12. Make-up arrangements are available for a missed class and may be available for a missed field day, depending upon instructor resources. The Fall 2010 session starts Tuesday, September 14th at 6:30 pm in the American Mountaineering Center in Golden. Tuition is $90 for Denver group members, $100 for other CMC group members. For more details and an application, go to http://www.wts.cmcschools.org or call the CMC office at 303-279-3080 ext. 2. Call for Wilderness Trekking School Instructors The Wilderness Trekking School Committee (WTSC) is looking for instructors for the Fall 2010 session that begins on Tuesday, September 14th. We encourage previous WTS instructors and WTS graduates to volunteer. Senior instructors must be qualified CMC trip leaders. All instructors must be willing to accommodate all paces and skill levels from beginner to advanced. They must love the and be eager and able to teach students the skills for safe backcountry travel. For more information, including application, additional requirements, and course schedule, go to http://www.wts.cmcschools.org. WTSC gives preference to applicants who are available for all lectures and field days. Applications are due by August 10th. Send your application to one of the following WTS committee members: Senior Instructors – Dave Callais, [email protected] Returning Associates – Ken Gurvin, [email protected] New Assistants – Martha Mustard, [email protected] Thank you in advance for your interest and participation!

2010 High Altitude Mountaineering Seminar Tentative Schedule 7:00 – 9:30 October 7th Introduction to HAMS seminar and HAMS School High altitude/cold weather nutrition October 14th High altitude equipment/How to gear up from Orizaba to Denali October 21 High altitude/cold weather medical issues October 28th Team dynamics, lessons learned November 4 Acclimatization and fitness training for an expedition November 11 How to plan for an expedition $40.00 for CMC members who pre register $45.00 for non-members and members who do not pre register $8.00 for individual evenings, payable at the door. To register, sign up online with your credit card, call the CMC office, or send your name, address, phone number and check made out to “CMC” to the CMC office. Please note “HAMS seminar” on your check. For more information contact Margaret Turner at [email protected].

Join us for the fourth annual HAMS Summer Rendezvous September 17 - 19, 2010 Winfield, Colorado Car camp in the meadow with outhouses across the bridge from town >>Free evening beer & brats provided by HAMS!<< This informal gathering of HAMS members and friends is open to all, and will feature mountaineering, socializing, storytelling, and an opportunity to plan future climbing trips. Come for the weekend or just one day, as your schedule permits. Informal climbs will be organized on the spot by those interested, or you may sign up through the CMC for Club climbs in the area. Potential "targets" include: 14ers: Huron, La Plata, Oxford, Belford, & Missouri; Centennials: Ice, Emerald, North Apostle, Iowa, & Hope; Bicentennials: Sayres, Rinker, Blaurock, & Silver King; and many more! Contact Jim Rickard at [email protected] for directions or other information.

Mile High Mountaineer • August 2010 5 Thank You, Spring 2010 WTS Instructors! NEW FACES Congratulations, Steve Bonowski! Thank you, La Sportiva! CMC Marketing Director Joins Staff by Joe Griffith, Director Rachel Scott joins CMC with experience in marketing, public relations, branding, social and media web skills as The WTS committee most sincerely thanks the volunteer well as a strong writing background. Rachel’s background instructors who so generously gave their time, expertise, is in the outdoor industry and most recently was and enthusiasm to make WTS such a resounding success. employed by Swiftwick International, a manufacturer of We recognize each of these individuals, both those who recreational socks, made in the USA. Rachel is relocating taught for the first time and those who return year after from Tennessee to Colorado. And, yes, she lived in year, for their commitment and dedication. Nashville so when you meet her you just might want We congratulate Steve Bonowski on becoming a WTS to ask about all those Country Music Stars in the city. Master Instructor. Steve has expertly served WTS for Rachel will begin work immediately and will be taking many sessions since 1988. over all marketing functions that have been performed We thank La Sportiva for supporting our school by by Chris Case who remains on staff. Rachel will focus generously donating boots to our instructors. on increasing CMC’s presence through outreach, print Senior instructors: John Aldag, Norm Arlt, Dave Callais, and web marketing as well as branding CMC throughout Dave Covill, Ken Gurvin, Joe Leahy, Tim Musil, Martha the state. Mustard, Tom Strang, Margaret Turner, Nick Weighton, Membership Services Staff and Doug Werner. Two employees have joined the Membership Services Associate instructors: Diana Boon, Alan Chudnow, Staff. Lisa Flynn and Jan Monnier are sharing the 60 Brookie Gallagher, Fred Goers, Beth Hungerford, Mark hours the Membership Services desk is staffed during Marchione, Don McKenzie, Gina Morelli, Jocelyne the weekdays. Morris, Laura Morris, Dave Pellegrini, Todd Poulson, Lisa is a Boulder native and camps and hikes often. She Ben Smith, Fred Siersma, and Robin Starr. is an EMT and is currently studying additional Medical Assistant instructors: Nathan Atkins, Tracy Atkins, Emergency Program. She coaches a girls’ volleyball Barbara Coeyman, Ken Courville, Tim Fisher, Mark team, and is a Master Scuba Diver Instructor. She has Hasfjord, Marshall Hayes, Jack Junkala, LeRoy Mann, a bookkeeping background and is very excited to join Wayne Martin, Warren May, Karen Ratner, Carol Shansby, CMC as a staff member. Tom Skelding, and Keith Taylor. Jan is a member of the Denver Group having moved to Substitute and make-up instructors: Steve Bonowski, Golden the summer of 2009 after having worked for the Tim Kish, and Linda Lawson. Vancouver 2010 Olympics. She is a retired Army officer and most recently worked with Running Kids where she was responsible for gaining corporate sponsors and advertising for kids adventure races. She has worked with several programs involving large numbers of volunteers and recognizes the importance of volunteers to CMC. Contacts: 303/279-3080 Ext. 2 or you may reach them 2010 Wilderness Survival School Graduates at [email protected] and [email protected]. Congratulations to the following graduates (and/or "survivors") of the 2010 class. As part of the course, these individuals all endured a cold overnight bivouac atop a mountain pass without the comforts of tents or sleeping bags. Angela Parris-Raney, Antonio Bailon, Brenda Linster, Benjamin Mayer, Brad Byler, Branson Lewis, Carol Gleason, Charles Thabault, Cliff Caverly, Crystal Benner, DJ Kayl, Dean Cates, Frank Burzynski, Frank Palski, Jon Budoff, Julie Kayl, Kayce Stone, Lawrence Withman, Lisa Bowman, Mark Miller, Marland Billings, Melinda Stewart, Paula Bechtel, Richard Evans, Richard Moore, Rod Hayes, Steve Soich, Thom Curtis, Trey Lewis, Trisha Michel, Victoria Catalina and Wayne Martin. The school would like to thank the following instructors for their invaluable assistance: John Lindner, Nick Weighton, Tim Kish, Meg Barry, Ben Smith and Sarah Thompson of the CMC and Scott Grotheer of Alpine Rescue. Also a special thanks to Wendy Lien and Elizabeth Moroney of the CMC BKPS for their contributions. 6 Mile High Mountaineer • August 2010 Exploration Of The Great Mountains & CONSERVATION CORNER Rivers Of The World

Thursday, September 2, 2010, 7:00 pm Foss Auditorium American Mountaineering Center 710 10th Street, Golden, CO 80403 $10/person in advance; $15 at the door ** All funds help to engage youth in the outdoors through the Colorado Mountain Club’s Youth Education Program! ** Buy your tickets on-line now! www.cmc.org/Pasquale_Scaturro Adventurer and geophysicist Pasquale Scaturro, one of the planet’s foremost expedition leaders, has been trekking to the farthest, most challenging reaches of the globe for over 25 years. He’s led three expeditions to Photo by Anya Byers Mt. Everest, including one in which Erik Weihenmayer became the first blind climber to reach the summit. American's Great Outdoors Scaturro has also spearheaded multiple descents of major In April, President Obama issued a memo to the world-class rivers including the Bio Bio in Chile, the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture and the Omo and Zambezi in Africa and the first-ever descent heads of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the of the Nile from its source high in the mountains of Council on Environmental Quality. The memo kicked Ethiopia to the Mediterranean Sea, a distance of 3,260 off the President’s new outdoor recreation and open miles. The historic 114-day expedition involved suicidal space initiative America’s Great Outdoors. In the memo, rapids, crocodile attacks, gunfire from bandits and arrests the President stated, “We must look to the private sector by unfriendly militias. It was featured in the blockbuster and nonprofit organizations, as well as towns, cities, and 2005 IMAX film Mystery of the Nile. States, and the people who live and work in them, to identify the places that mean the most to Americans.” To In addition to leading expeditions, Scaturro travels the that end, they have set up a website (link to site http:// world as an exploration geophysicist, working on oil and www.doi.gov/americasgreatoutdoors/) that is designed gas exploration and development projects in many of to solicit input and ideas from the public on themes. the most remote, dangerous, politically and technically For further information contact: Bryan Martin, Director treacherous areas on earth. Scaturro’s leadership and ([email protected]) teamwork abilities, along with his logistical expertise, hard work and enormous commitment have enabled Denver Group Trail Maintenance Crews him to straddle the realms of outdoor exploration and August and September are prime months for improving corporate America unlike any other expedition leader. trails that we hike and bike during the year and snowshoe and ski on during the winter. If you can pull weeds, you Scaturro has appeared on the “Today” show, “NBC can help improve trails. All levels of physical capability Nightly News,” A&E, ESPN, Turner Television, needed. Register through the Trip Sign Up system. National Public Radio and MSNBC and has been Climbers note there is an opportunity for you to assist featured in numerous publications, including The Los at Eldo! Angeles Times and The Denver Post, along with Time August 7 Eldorado Canyon State Park - weeds and and National Geographic Adventure magazines. His light trail maintenance motivational talks have inspired audiences throughout August 14 Idaho Springs - erosion mitigation the and Europe and taught people to push August 21 USFS South Platte - Three Mile Creek near the boundaries of what they believe is possible. Married Hwy 285 & Grant at a young age, serving in the U.S. military and struggling August 28 USFS Idaho Springs - general trail to complete a degree in geophysics and raise three maintenance children at the same time, Scaturro learned what it meant to sacrifice and still strive to make his dreams materialize both in business and on the rivers and mountains of the world. Scaturro lives in Colorado.

Mile High Mountaineer • August 2010 7 Social Activities Calendar-(all members) the weather favors us we will have a relaxing lunch on the lake shore. Fred Siersma who has assisted in 3 of If you are interested in hosting any social activity, call Bob Shedd at (303) 733-2815 by the first day of the month preceding your event. Feel free to host CMC's Wilderness Trekking Schools will be along and any new type of activity you may think of – “have it your way!” And when can fill you in on those adventures. SIGN UP ONLINE you're hosting, don't hesitate to require RSVP or limit the group to a size that REQUIRED. Patricia Leslie, leader. 720-296-9422. is comfortable. Check the online Trip Schedule for any late entries for April or upcoming months. These Social Activities are not categorized as official CMC outings. To our readers: Oops. When we invited you last month to take our short 4-question Social Activities survey (one participant wins a $15 gift certificate), we forgot to include the ONLINE address: www.cmc.org/survey. Whatever you would like to host or see happen on the Social Activities Calendar, please just call Bob 303-733- 2815 or Patricia 720-296-9422. We are happy to help with details. Otherwise, we will see you on the hiking trail!

Fred Siersma: A great hiker and a great volunteer host for the Denver Group's Social Activities Bierstatdt Lake In 2004 Fred was fortunate enough to be able to visit Machu Picchu and Fall Previews: the Galapagos Islands. He couldn't Friday September 17 - TGIF at the Table Mountain visit Machu Picchu without climbing Inn. Cheryl Outerbridge, 303-263-9131. Huayna Picchu -- that tall, pointy Saturday September 25 - Symphony concert and mountain in the background of every dinner. Bob Shedd, 303-733-2815. picture you ever see of Machu Picchu. - Indian Summer hike near His hiking partner took this photo Saturday October 2 about 2/3 of the way to the summit. Breckenridge. Patricia, 720-296-9422. What an "otherworldly" experience!

Outdoor Activities abound in HOUSEMATE IN PAGOSA SPRINGS WANTED "It takes a village" to host our frequent and popular Friday night gatherings. We are so-o-o lucky to have Fred Active homeowner is looking for a non-smoking housemate to Siersma on our Social Activities team. Thanks a bunch, share 1800 sq ft home w/dbl car garage. Fred, for making any fun Friday gatherings possible. Rent: $600 including utilities. No pets, please. Thursday 5 - New Member Special (others welcome Character and financial references required. as well). Shakespeare Under the Stars on the University Contact: Judy 970/731-1218 of Colorado Boulder Campus, 8:00 pm. We'll see the comedy, Taming of the Shrew. Affordable tickets ranging from $10 to $50. Buy yours online on www. coloradoshakes.org or call the box office at 303-492- 0554. RSVP to Patricia by August 3 at 720-296-9422. Questions welcome, we will be carpooling from Denver and an early dinner is an option. Friday 13 - Happy Hour, 5 to 7 p.m. Join Hugh at Hanson's, 1301 S. Pearl Street, at Louisiana Ave. Great menu available. Hugh Macmillan, 303-778-0844. Friday 20 - Happy Hour, 5 to 7 p.m. at Chad's, 275 Union Blvd., Lakewood. Bob Seyse, 303-718-2005. The Mile High Mountaineer Saturday 28 - "It's short, it's easy, and we like it" - It's the Hike to Bierstadt Lake in Rocky Mountain The Mile High Mountaineer (USP 703-680) is published monthly for $15/ year members and non-members effective with memberships renewed National Park. If you would like to take in some great October 1, 2009. Postmaster: send address changes to the Colorado Mountain scenery, try out some new hiking boots, make some Club, 710 10th St., #200, Golden, CO 80401. Periodicals Postage paid at Golden, CO and additional mailing offices. Ads for the newsletter are due at new acquaintances, or take some photos this is the hike the first of the month prior to the edition the ad is to be placed. All ads must for you. Definitely an "easy A level" hike, less than 5 be submitted via email to [email protected]. For an ad rate sheet and questions, please email the editors at [email protected]. Editor and Proofreading: Linda miles with little elevation gain. The views are spectacular Lawson; Layout: Dana Dillow; CMC Office: (303) 279-3080; Fax (303) 279- from this small mountain lake with a sandy beach. If 9690. Office Hours: Monday–Thursday 9a .m.– 6 p.m., Friday 9 a.m.– 3:00 p.m.

8 Mile High Mountaineer • August 2010 CMC Adventure Travel

about cMc adventure travel Travel the United States and the world! Visit exotic countries and experience the cultures of the world up close and personal. Climb fabled peaks. Hike places that will speak to your soul. Ski the world’s best backcountry pow- der. Canoe fascinating waterways. Cycle and mountain bike pathways ranging from gently rolling hills to challenging rugged steep trails. Our Adventure Travel trips take members and guests to the world’s incredible destinations.

experienced leaderS All our CMC Adventure Travel trips are led by experienced CMC trip leaders who also lead hikes for their own local CMC group at home. Sometimes, Adventure Travel trips also have an experienced local guide, as when we’re rafting the Grand Canyon or exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Scenic Coming from Colorado, it’s no surprise that CMCers know how to find the most beautiful and amazing places around the world.

en joyable Enjoy the company of fellow CMCers as you hike, bike, climb or trek. Along the way, discover some wonderful things about the region to be explored, whether it’s the people, the scenery, the challenge, or the company.

off the beaten track You may find yourself dining in a private home in Nepal, or bicycling up to a charming restaurant in Norway, or waiting while a shepherd moves his flock across the road in front of you.

affordable Compare our prices to similar trips with commercial outfitters and tour companies, and you’ll be pleasantly surprised!

Mile High Mountaineer • August 2010 9 For your benefit and enjoyment, the following trips have been reviewed and approved by the Adventure Travel Committee and are officially sanctioned by the Colorado Mountain Club.

Visit www.cmc.org/at for more detailed itineraries and registration information.

a plane flight back to the put-in. For all hik- ing levels. Leader: Blake Clark, 303-871-0379, [email protected] Russia: Climb Mount Elbrus Yellowstone in Winter August 17 – 29, 2010 February 2-7, 2011 $3,097* $1060 - $1225 This is the 7th trip to Russia, Elbrus, and the spectac- Ski or Snowshoe from your lodge past steaming Day Hiking in Northwest Spain ular Caucasus Mountains sponsored by the Club’s geysers and waterfalls. Special highlights of the May 30- June 13, 2011 High Altitude Mountaineering Section. Leader: trip are the wildlife: bison, elk, deer, wolves, and Cost $2,725 * Steve Bonowski, [email protected] more. This trip includes round trip bus between Golden and Yellowstone. Leader Polly Hayes, The Picos de Europa in northern Spain is a 303-964-8225, [email protected] limestone massif offering a unique range of natural, cultural and gastronomic experiences. Join us for a peek into the best kept secret in Yellowstone Backpack Europe. Leader: Janet Farrar, 303-933-3066, August 20 - 29, 2010 [email protected] $483 Hiking in Mexico’s Copper Canyon February 27- March 9, 2011 Backpack Yellowstone’s most remote corner, the Two Ocean Plateau. This southeast corner of Yel- $2,464 * lowstone National Park is the most remote wilder- The Copper Canyon is renowned for being the ness in our lower 48 states. Leader: Janet Martel, Grand Canyon of Mexico, but it is really quite Trekking in Transylvania [email protected] different, which we will discover on this 10-day July 21 – August 1, 2011 burro-assisted day hiking adventure into the $2,277 * canyon. Leader: Janet Farrar, 303-933-3066, Thrills, chills, and old-world romance abound in [email protected] Count Dracula’s homeland! Day hike (8-12 miles per day) in the breath-taking and rugged Car- Hiking Circuit of Ecuador pathian Mountains. Climb Romania’s highpoint September 6 – 17, 2010 (Moldoveanu Peak at 8,347 feet). Leader: Linda $2,501* Ditchkus, [email protected] Kilimanjaro 19,340’ Travel to a private preserve nestled in a rus- tic mountain setting in the Pichincha Foothills March 11 – 25, 2011 where you will find peace and tranquility. Expe- $3,730 (does not include airfare, est. at rience Ecuador’s bird and animal life, following $1,800-2,000) Exploring Kamchatka: the footsteps of the ancient Incas. Leader: Betsy Here’s another great outing sponsored by the Weitcamp, 303-722-1656, [email protected] High Altitude Mountaineering Section. Kili is Land of Fire and Ice the world’s largest free-standing mountain and is August 18 – September 3, 2011 one of the fabled Seven Summits. Leader: Steve $1,900 - $2,900* Bonowski, [email protected] Kamchatka is a stunning mountain paradise Trekking in Nepal and one of the most isolated regions in the world. Its main attractions are volcanic calde- September 25 – October 10, 2010 ras, stone sculpture “parks”, lakes in craters, $2526* geysers, and mineral springs, all in pristine Join Pemba Sherpa, a native of the Khumbu re- Best of the Grand Canyon – condition. Leader: Mike Miller, 303-279-8152, gion of the Nepal Himalayas on this spectacular Colorado River Raft & Hike [email protected] trek along the foothills of some of the world’s April 23 – May 5, 2011 highest peaks. Leader: Pemba Sherpa, 303-525- $4,140 (Limit 18) 6508, [email protected] Take a motorized raft trip and add 5 extra days for hiking along the way. This 12-day trip ends with a helicopter ride out of the canyon and

*Does not include airfare or transportation to and from the trip location, unless noted.

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