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Spring 2021 a Love Affair with Longs Peak by Conservancy Member Richard Hoff Man I Have So Many Happy Memories of the Homestretch Jim Ward | Longs Peak Alpenglow, Rocky Mountain Na onal Park QUARTERLY Spring 2021 A Love Affair with Longs Peak by Conservancy Member Richard Hoff man I have so many happy memories of the Homestretch. From the saddle, traveling up and down the Longs Peak the summit of Longs looks completely Trail. It all began for me in the early diff erent from the usual views. And Look Inside 1960s as a camper at Cheley Camps near un l you reach the Homestretch, there Rocky. We climbed Longs Peak via the are usually no people on the route. It LETTER FROM OUR cables route on the north face when can be hard on the knees going down EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR there were actual cables running through this way (or via the Trough), but it’s Summer is coming and the large metal eye hooks secured to the quiet and beau ful. world is opening up PG. 2 granite to guide intrepid climbers of the Another interes ng way to the top day. The hike didn’t seem that diffi cult is the original route led by John ASK NANCY COLUMN then. More recently, I’ve climbed up and Wesley Powell up Keplinger’s Couloir Bird mortality and down this route a number of mes, and Freezing temps on the southwest side of Longs. Cascade Co ages News it’s quite a bit more challenging without From Wild Basin, you take the trail PG. 3 the cables, especially if there’s ice or to Sandbeach Lake, and then begin water dripping down the cracks from the improvising since there’s no more trail. FEATURED STORIES snow patches above. Fortunately, the Do I ascend Mount. Orton, traverse 2021 Junior Ranger Program Park Service le the metal eye hooks in Bridge Building Post-Wildfi re along North Ridge and then descend Distance Learning Rocky Style the rock, allowing today’s climbers to across swampy ground to the bo om Stewardship Director News grab them, or hook an ice axe through of the couloir? Or, do I bushwhack PG. 49 them, or rappel from them. a mile through the alder bushes to CROSSWORD PUZZLE One of the main reasons I love Longs the bo om of the couloir? From Stay on point with Rocky Trivia! Peak is because there are many the summit of Longs, you can look PG. 10 interes ng routes to the top, and many southwest towards Mount. Copeland that can be scrambled, rather than the and see Sandbeach Lake — it looks far OUR AMAZING DONORS We couldn’t do it without you more technical ver cal face that Longs is away, and let me assure you that when PG. 11 known for — the Diamond. My favorite you’re red, it is. way to the top is from Glacier Gorge to I once owned a cabin on a private the Longs-Pagoda saddle, with a traverse inholding in Wild Basin that has since under the Narrows to the bo om of Con nued on page 14 2021 SPRING NEWSLETTER | 1 “We have a lot of work ahead of us, through the Conservancy educa on programs and as partners of Rocky Mountain Na onal Park.” Ann Schonlau A Message from our Executive Director Board of Dear Friends, Directors We are happy to report that a er more than a year of pandemic living, the majority of the staff at the Rocky Mountain Conservancy, and many BRIAN ROSS PRESIDENT of the Rocky Mountain Na onal Park staff , have received their COVID-19 Denver, CO vaccina ons, conferring a glimmer of cau ous op mism about a more normal HOWDY FRY VICE PRESIDENT summer just around the bend. We’ve tenta vely resumed some mee ngs with Denver, CO each other, and with you, our friends and donors, on pa os and picnic tables around the park and in our communi es. Even so, we’ll admit that we can’t CHRISTINA KRAFT TREASURER Estes Park, CO wait for a me when we can meet together, AND not have to remind each other to do ck checks a er the mee ng (the true peril of outdoor mee ngs in WALTER BORNEMAN SECRETARY Estes Park), and perhaps even give each other a true embrace or handshake. Estes Park, CO Despite these minor complaints, I am energized by the momentum of the JIM PICKERING IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Conservancy Board’s ad hoc Educa on Commi ee, currently re-envisioning Estes Park, CO and planning the next itera on of the Field Ins tute, which, in the a ermath of the pandemic and wildfi res, we expect to emerge like a phoenix, stronger DOUG CAMPBELL than ever in delivering quality programming that is true to our educa onal Greeley, CO mission. We have a lot of work ahead of us, through the Conservancy educa on CHARLES COFAS programs and as partners of Rocky Mountain Na onal’s Park Educa on Program, Estes Park, CO to address the “deferred educa on” of the many kids (and their teachers) we TIMOTHY DAVIS serve. In par cular, we intend to focus on those we work with in Title 1 schools Denver, CO on the Front Range, ensuring that all kids in Colorado have equitable access to KATHERINE DINES learning about the amazing public lands in their midst. Denver, CO This summer, too, we are delighted to be scaling our Conserva on Corps LYNNE GEWEKE Program back to full opera ng levels in Rocky Mountain Na onal Park and the Estes Park, CO Arapaho-Roosevelt Na onal Forests, pu ng more than 40 young adults into CHRISTINA KRAFT the wilds to work in areas recovering from recent fi res, and promo ng forest Estes Park, CO health to help mi gate the poten al of devas ng fi re in these wild places and JOEL MAYO communi es in the future. Centennial, CO We hope to see many of your faces this spring or summer on the trails, or over JAN ROBERTSON a cup of coff ee, so don’t be a stranger and stop by the offi ce if you’re in the Boulder, CO area. But please, don’t forget to check for cks a er our mee ng. KIM SKYELANDER Warmly, Loveland, CO ZACHARY WIEBE Fort Collins, CO Estee Rivera Murdock EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2 | ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONSERVANCY Ask Nancy Quarterly Editor Nancy Wilson a empts to unearth answers to any ques ons asked by Conservancy members and park visitors. If you are Shop Conservancy curious about something in or about the park, email nancy.wilson@ rmconservancy.org or write: Nancy Wilson, Rocky Mountain Conservancy, Nature Stores PO Box 3100, Estes Park, CO 80517. For ALL Your RMNP Memorabilia Was there a lot of mortality among na ve bird species during HIKING ROCKY the extended cold spell in early 2021? The ques on applies not MOUNTAIN NATIONAL only to the birds that overwinter in RMNP, but to those na ve PARK: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE by Erik Stensland species that migrate to Texas and northern Mexico. Will we This comprehensive and no ce a diff erence when spring arrives? It won’t be surprising if the stunning book is a hiker’s extreme cold and snow in Texas and surrounding areas will have caused gem. Hikes are listed greater than usual bird mortali es. Insec vorous migrants par cularly by level of diffi culty and likely will have had a very tough me, especially if their energe c categorized by accessibility, with each sec on color-coded for easy reference. reserves were too depleted to allow them to fl y to areas with more food Mileages, eleva on profi les and clear sources. Regarding our summer residents, migra on pa erns from the direc ons to trailheads will make this a e-bird website (h ps://ebird.org/science/status-and-trends/abundance- trusted hiking companion. Features more anima ons) indicate that mountain bluebirds, kinglets, yellow-rumped than 150 photos, 80 custom topo maps, and 75 primo hikes in Rocky. So cover. warblers, American pipit, hermit and Swainson’s thrushes, for example, were likely in substan al numbers in the impacted areas and thus at Price: $29.95; Member Price: $25.46 risk. Wilson’s and MacGillivray’s warblers, fl ycatchers and swallows are HIKING ROCKY MOUNTAIN among species that probably hadn’t yet arrived in the major storm areas NATIONAL PARK: THE to a great degree on their northward journeys. The annual Fish and POCKET GUIDE Wildlife Service’s Breeding Bird Survey, the crowd-sourced e-bird dataset by Erik Stensland A pocket version of the and monitoring eff orts by Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, may provide Essen al Guide (above) insight into the overall eff ect on bird popula ons in a few months, but featuring more than 60 photos and 22 other factors (long-term popula on declines, wildfi res, last fall’s dieoff s custom topo maps covering 20 of the most in SW Colorado, etc.) will confound an a empt to quan fy eff ects of that popular hikes in Rocky. So cover. storm specifi cally. Like all wildlife, bird species have evolved a ributes Price: $14.95; Member Price: $12.71 (longevity, clutch size, etc.) that allow them to recover from periodic high mortality within the context of long-term normal varia on of RMNP TUMBLER weather (“climate”). 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