March 2014 | No. 199

March 18th – Pikes Peak Group Program

Tom and Linda Jagger Present: Hiking the Haute Route Want to know what it’s like to hike every day in the Alps, meeting people from all nationalities and eating the local food? Come to the Pikes Peak Group's monthly program at 7:30 on Tuesday, March 18, in the all Souls Unitarian Church, 730 N. Tejon St., to see what it’s like and to share the experience with Tom and Linda Jagger as they describe and show pictures from their trip to Switzerland.

Snow on the route from the high mountain hut Cabane de Moiry (2825m) Tom and Linda have been to New Zealand, Australia, Patagonia, Aconcagua, Ecuador, Elbrus, and Kilimanjaro, but they think Switzerland is one of the best. They traveled from Chaminex France, to Zermatt Switzerland in September of 2013 with only what they had on their backs, hiking most of

Linda and Georgia Briscoe hiking by a glacier on route the way, and staying in local hotels and mountain huts. From Mt Blanc to the Matterhorn, they enjoyed the history, great between Tient and Champex (2500m) scenery, challenging sections, and wonderful food.

Friday, March 7 Colorado Springs Division of Wildlife Details on page 3

1 Trip Leader Corner

Your PPG Council Why Become a CMC Trip Leader?

Chair – Rick Keetch (Interim) That’s a good question and asked of students in the PPG Trip Leader Training 719-634-1165, [email protected] course. As you can imagine, the answers vary quite a bit but some of the Past Chair – Rick Keetch common responses over time have been: 719-634-1165, [email protected]  You get to do what you want (well within reason anyway). That is, if you BMS Director – Collin Powers don’t like to go on trips by yourself, create an interesting trip and you will 719-685-2470, [email protected] have people join you. Conservation – Tom Mowle  You get to pass on skills and experiences to members of your trip and 719-216-3932, [email protected] possibly also learn some new ones, which can be a very rewarding experience. Education & Training – Eric Hunter  You receive the intrinsic satisfaction of introducing people to your 719-266-9647, [email protected] activities. Equipment Manager – Tom Mulcahy  You get a bigger discount at the local gear shop. 719-482-8821, [email protected] Whatever their reason or reasons, many have become CMC trip leaders and Membership – Tony Eichstadt are enjoying it. If you’re not a trip leader yet, you’re invited now to register 740-601-3611, [email protected] for the spring PPG Trip Leader Training course in March (see the PPG Classes Newsletter – Dave Anderson section) and tell us your reason for becoming a CMC trip leader. 719-484-9069, [email protected] Paul Schoell, Safety & Leadership Chair Outings –Chris Mattingly 719-268-6774, [email protected] Programs – Roger Kilcoyne Conservation Corner 719-323-3740, [email protected]

Public Relations – Neil Butterfield 337-258-2365, [email protected] Rampart Range Wildlands BioBlitz Assisting – Christie Lee Do you enjoy watching wildlife, birds and wildflowers? The Rampart Range 719-635-2336, [email protected] Wildlands Project, led by the Pikes Peak and Denver Conservation Safety & Leadership – Paul Schoell Committees, is hosting a BioBlitz in the Rampart Range June 21-22. We will be 719-440-7777, [email protected] leading hikes into this area located between Palmer Lake, Woodland Park, and SESI – Christie Lee Perry Park, counting and documenting all the species we can find. Scientists 719-635-2336, [email protected] will help us identify the critters and plants. We hope to develop a biological inventory of the area for use in protecting this area and to raise interest and Sergeant at Arms – Heather Ditmore 719-217-7417, [email protected] awareness among local students and citizens. We are looking for a great turnout of CMC members and leaders who want to explore this area, and Treasurer – Jackie Crouch sharpen their naturalist skills. Save the date! More information will be 719-255-4493, [email protected] forthcoming in next issues of the Pikes Pique. At Large: Contact [email protected] or 303-996-2759, or your Conservation Chair, Mike Erickson [email protected] or 719-216-3932. 719-482-5062, [email protected] Tom Mowle, Conservation Chair Doug Hatfield 719-200-9488, [email protected] Greg Long 719-659-0349, [email protected] Mary Mourar 719-633-2614, [email protected] Interested in serving on the Pikes Peak Group Council? Please contact the Chair.

2 Backcountry Film Festival

CMC PRESENTS: The Backcountry Film Festival The Colorado Mountain Club is thrilled to host the ninth annual world tour of the Winter Wildlands Alliance's Backcountry Film Festival at the Colorado Springs Division of Wildlife, 4255 Sinton Road, on Friday, March 7th at 6:30pm. The festival highlights the beauty and fun of the winter backcountry experience. The evening includes the year’s best ski films—promoting the work of grassroots filmmakers who tell compelling and entertaining stories of the backcountry, non- motorized recreation, and environmental preservation. Submissions come from renowned filmmakers who travel every corner of the globe to submit their best backcountry work, and from grassroots filmmakers who take a video camera out on their weekend excursions and submit their best film short. The films are juried by a select panel of judges and the top films are assembled into a 90- minute program. The evening will also include prize drawings and discounted CMC memberships! Tickets are just $12 at cmc.org/bcff. 6:00 Doors open 6:30 Announcements 6:40 Prizes 6:50 Nine short films 7:30 Break – Lots of refreshments and prizes 7:42 Feature film 8:30 Clean-up

All proceeds benefit the Colorado Mountain Club. If you have any questions or are able to help with set- For more information on the Backcountry Film Festival and the tour, up or clean-up please call Christie Lee at (719) 635- please visit cmc.org/bcff or drop us a line at [email protected]. 2336. Thank you!

Program Cancellation SESI 20/30-Something Policy

Singles Enjoying Similar Interests The 20/30 Something group is oriented If the weather becomes severe, our toward members in that age range. monthly program may be cancelled. SESI activities are found on the cmc.org Most of our activities are organized We will cancel a program when the trip list. Please look for the SESI label to through our listserve. CSPD goes to Severe Weather Accident identify activities specifically geared Reporting. Listen to the radio or the For further information, contact Roger towards the singles group. television. Kilcoyne at [email protected].

3 Basic Mountaineering School – 2014

Are you seeking to increase your skills and safety in backpacking and climbing 14ers, perhaps even thinking about moving up to the more challenging aspects of snow, rock, and ice? Then consider the courses we have to offer in the 2014 Basic Mountaineering School. This is the perfect way to develop the alpine mountaineering skills you need to tackle anything the Colorado Rocky Mountains can throw at you! Our Pikes Peak Group offers two tracks, depending on your level of adventure: PPG BMS Wilderness Trekking Certificate  Wilderness Fundamentals (March, 2014)  Wilderness Land Navigation (April, 2014)  Wilderness Backpacking (June, 2014)

PPG BMS Alpine Mountaineering Certificate  Alpine Snow Mountaineering (April–May, 2014) Wilderness Backpacking  Rock Climbing (May–June, 2014)  Ice Climbing (February, 2015) (You must earn the Wilderness Trekking Certificate and complete a recognized Avalanche Awareness course to be eligible to graduate from the Alpine Mountaineering sequence.) Taught by volunteer instructors who have a passion for sharing their knowledge and skills, each module focuses on a different aspect of Colorado mountaineering. We cover gear, nutrition, weather, trip planning, and all the detailed information pertinent to the activity. Courses usually consist of two to three evening classroom sessions, and one or two field sessions (with the backpacking including an overnight trip). Our instructor–student ratios are typically 1:2 to 1:3. Best of all, BMS introduces you to a fine group of like-minded folks who share the same love of mountaineering that you do. Think new climbing buddies! With these certificates under your belt, you will open yourself to a world of new mountaineering possibilities. As well, you will be eligible for CMC trips that have a BMS prerequisite. If you have even higher aspirations, the Alpine Mountaineering Certificate gives you the credentials to enroll in our High Altitude Mountaineering School (HAMS).

Rock Climbing

You can find more course details on the cmc.org web site under Calendar, Classes. Don’t delay! For further information, email [email protected].

To register for any class or trip, go to www.cmc.org Alpine Snow Mountaineering

4 PPG Classes

Advanced Backcountry Skiing March 5, 8, 15, 2014 So you have taken the introduction to backcountry skiing and you have been out for the past few winters honing your skills. Where do you go next? Have you thought about kicking and gliding into a bowl then playing around there or skiing to a hut to play for several days? Have you thought your entry level skills were too low to attempt such a task? This class will pick up where the Introduction to Backcountry Skiing class left off. There will be one classroom session to discuss more advanced types of gear and technique and what you can do with those skills. There will be two field sessions to practice more advanced types of ascent and descent while maintaining control. The cost for this class is $45 plus gear rental if you don’t already own the gear and a resort lift pass. All field sessions are scheduled as CMC trips. For class details, please contact Bill Luttrell at [email protected]. Basic Mountaineering School (BMS) – Colorado Wilderness Fundamentals March 11, 13, 19, 22, 2014 Wilderness Fundamentals, or “Wild Fun” as we like to call it, will be offered in March. This class will present foundational knowledge for safe travel in the Colorado Mountains. It is also the first offering of the Basic Mountaineering School (BMS) and provides the foundation for the other five classes in BMS. If you are relatively new to Colorado or mountain activities in any season, please consider joining us for this class. This class (as all BMS classes) will have a focus on safety in the mountains. It consists of three classroom lectures covering the topics of gear selection, the Ten Essentials, Building a First Aid Kit, trip planning, wilderness travel, nutrition, conditioning, conservation practices such as Leave No Trace, weather evaluation, safety, emergency planning protocol, and case studies of wilderness accidents; and a field trip designed to reinforce the principles and techniques discussed in class. Please consider joining us for this class. The cost is $38. For more information contact: Collin Powers, [email protected] or Tony Eichstadt, [email protected]. Trip Leader Training – Safety and Leadership March 27, April 3, 6, 2014 This is one of two required courses necessary to obtain the CMC Trip Leader certification. Completion of this course along with Wilderness First Aid (WFA; see the PPG Classes section) will allow you to lead trips through the CMC. (It is suggested that if you are a current leader and it has been five or more years since you attended this course, that you take it to refresh your skills at no cost.) There will be two evening classroom sessions and a field session. The cost of this course is $25. For details (and if you are a current leader wishing to take this course as a refresher), please contact Paul Schoell at [email protected]. Sign up is online at cmc.org. Basic Mountaineering School (BMS) – Colorado Wilderness Land Navigation April 2, 8, 12, 2014 Discussions in our classroom sessions include maps, compass, orienteering, estimating distance, interpreting map symbols, properly reading topo contour lines, learning about declination, sighting, taking a bearing, and technologies such as GPS. You’ll also participate in class exercises using a map and compass. There is a CMC Rating Trip which is designed to reinforce principals and techniques discussed in class. You’ll be given a map with markers. Your team's job will be to find them. There will be an optional CMC Wilderness Trip to hone your orienteering skills. The cost of this course is $38. For more information contact: Collin Powers, [email protected]. Wilderness First Aid (WFA) April 10, 17, 19, 2014 To enhance your safety on all trips, the Pikes Peak Group offers a Wilderness First Aid course. This sixteen hour course consists of instruction devoted to medical evaluation and treatment in the wilderness setting. Two evening presentations on the variety of situations you might encounter in the backcountry and wilderness areas followed by a full day of practical, hands-on training in the field make up this course. This course is a requirement for those desiring to lead CMC trips. Because of the ever-changing methods of dealing with medical emergencies, trip leaders should renew their WFA training every three years. It is also highly recommended that all members take this course just to make sure they know what to do in a wilderness medical emergency situation. The cost of the course is $50. For details, please contact Paul Schoell at [email protected]. Sign up is online at cmc.org.

To register for classes or trips, go to www.cmc.org

5 PPG Classes (continued)

Basic Mountaineering School (BMS) – Colorado Alpine Snow Mountaineering April 29, May 1, 3, 4, 2014 Discussions in our classroom sessions include evaluating weather and snow conditions, terrain and avalanche risk assessment, gear, trip planning, using crampons and proper climbing techniques, snow travel including proper use of ice axe, self-arrest, glissading, determining slope angles, and route finding. We will demonstrate and practice snow anchors and rope techniques. There is a CMC Rating Trip which we typically do at Pikes Peak Glen Cove which is designed to reinforce principals and techniques discussed in class. You will attend both days. There will be an optional CMC Wilderness Trip to hone your snow travel skills. The cost of this course is $58. For more information contact: Collin Powers, [email protected]. Basic Mountaineering School (BMS) – Colorado Rock Climbing May 19, 22, 31, June 1, 2014 There is one class lecture and one indoor climbing session. Our discussions include climbing gear, rating a climb, the different types of rock climbing, reviewing climbing knots, rope management including coiling, care and inspection, anchors, communications, climbing techniques, belaying, rappelling, and building an auto-block. There are two CMC Rating Trips which we typically do at Red Rock Canyon Open Space and Castlewood Canyon. There will be an optional CMC Wilderness Trip to hone your rock climbing skills. The cost of this course is $58. For more information contact: Collin Powers, [email protected]. Basic Mountaineering School (BMS) – Colorado Wilderness Backpacking June 11, 18, 21-22, 2014 Our classroom discussions include finding the right backpack, systems review – including sleeping systems, cooking systems, clothing systems, ultra-light techniques, tents, trip planning, team composition, group dynamics, and site selection. We will do a gear check prior to the overnight to make sure you are properly equipped. There is a CMC Rating Trip (overnight) that is designed to reinforce principals and techniques discussed in class. The cost of this course is $38. For more information contact: Collin Powers, [email protected]. Pikes Peak Intro to Mountain Biking September 9, 11, 13, 20, 27, 2014 Learn the gear, maintenance, safety, and entry level techniques for basic mountain biking. Mountain biking is a great way to enjoy the wilderness with a little more skill and finesse, of getting out for a short outing after work, and for building cardio before a big climb. There will be two classroom sessions in Colorado Springs and three field sessions for the mountain biking class. The cost is $40. There are also rental costs if you don’t own the gear. The mountain biking classroom dates are 9 and 11 Sep, and the field dates are 13, 20, and 27 Sep. A general fitness level to go on a full day bike ride is required for the field sessions. The field sessions will be progressive in nature to build on skills. For class details, please contact Eric Hunter at [email protected]. Pikes Peak Intro to Desert Trekking and Canyoneering September 24, 28, October 1-5, 2014 If you have only been hiking in the high altitude for your summers, there is another world out there. When you have climbed enough peaks to wonder what other environments might be out there, the next step for you may be desert terrain. Come learn the proper gear, safety, and entry level techniques for basic desert trekking and basic canyoneering. There are many nuances to this environment that should warrant a safe approach such as provided by this class. The course cost is $60. The classroom session will be in Colorado Springs and is on 24 Sep. There is a one day field session in Colorado Springs to cover some basics and evaluate fitness levels scheduled for 28 Sep. Then we go on a five day trip to the desert scheduled for 1-5 Oct. This year's desert trip is planned for the San Rafael Swell in Utah. A general fitness level to go on a full day hike with mild scrambling with little to mild exposure in hot terrain is required for the field sessions. The field sessions will be progressive in nature to build on skills. Attendance at the classroom session and local field session will be required to attend the Utah trip. For class details, please contact Eric Hunter at [email protected].

To register for classes or trips, go to www.cmc.org

6 March PPG Trips

SESI - Water Dog Lakes Saturday, 3/1/2014 Moderate B Leader: Christie Lee, 719-635-2336, [email protected] Details: Snowshoe Water Dog Lakes off Monarch Pass. Possible avalanche restrictions. In combination with Mt. Princeton Hot Springs trip. To sign up, call Christie at (719) 635-2336 no later than two days prior to the trip. BC Ski Fooses Creek Saturday, 3/8/2014 Moderate III Leader: Eric Hunter, 719-273-1018, [email protected] Trail Mileage 12, Elevation Gain 2000, Driving Distance 240. Location: Fooses Lake TH. Details: This is a moderate out and back ski into the North Fooses Creek Road near Monarch Pass. We will stay to the main road following the power line as far as everyone can go, have lunch, then return by the same route. We may explore some of the side roads along the way. NNN-BC cross-country gear will be fine, but cable binding backcountry gear will be better. We will avoid avalanche terrain. Nat Geo Map 130. 240mi. 12/2,000’. Register with leader. Crags Area Snowshoe Saturday, 3/8/2014 Moderate B Leader: Tony Eichstadt, 740-601-3611, [email protected] Trail Mileage 4, Elevation Gain 1000, Driving Distance 70. Location: We will meet at the Red Rocks Safeway on Colorado Avenue to form carpools for the drive to the trail head. We will depart from the Safeway parking lot at 8:00 AM. Details: We'll snow shoe a 4-mile loop with about 1000 feet of elevation gain. About half of the loop will be on-trail and about half will be off-trail. The snow is pretty good in this area right now but there is no telling what it will be like by 3/8/14. We'll begin at the parking area just above the Rocky Mountain Mennonite Camp. We'll hike along the road to the Crags main parking lot and turn left to follow an old wagon road up to a saddle. The saddle normally has nice sun where we will stop for lunch before completing the loop. Catamount Trail Saturday, 3/8/2014 Moderate A Leader: Christie Lee, 719-635-2336, [email protected] Trail Mileage 6, Elevation Gain 600, Driving Distance 45 minutes. Details: Meet at Safeway at 31st Street & Colorado. Drive to Woodland Park. Start from Ed Lowe parking lot trailhead. Distance 4-6 miles, depending on conditions (out and back or The Loop). To register call Christie at (719) 635-2336 no later than two days prior to the trip. Castlewood Canyon Hike Saturday, 3/8/2014 Rick Blount, 719-238-1429, [email protected] We will hike the 4-mile loop in Castlewood Canyon. Come join us for this fun hike. South Tarryall Peak (11,206 ft) Friday, 3/14/2014 Moderate C Leader: Denise Snow, 719-687-9576, [email protected] Trail Mileage 8.2, Elevation Gain 2,766, Driving Distance 150. Location: Spruce Grove TH off of Park County Road 77. From Colorado Springs turn north onto Park County road 77 just west of Lake George. Go past the town of Tarryall to the TH. From Kenosha Pass turn east onto Park County road 77. Go past Tarryall Reservoir to the TH. Details: Start at Spruce Grove TH and follow the Lizard Rock trail to the Hankins Pass trail (in the Lost Creek Wilderness) and then to the summit of Hankins Pass. From here it is a short but steep bushwhack to the summit. This hike will probably require snow shoes at least from Hankins Pass to the summit. Traction devices may also be useful. Note: Trip rescheduled from 31 Jan, 2014. Falcon Trail-Northeastern Third Friday, 3/14/2014 Easy B Leader: Nancy Altmansberger, 719-471-9549 Trail Mileage 8, Elevation Gain 1000. Details: On the Air Force Academy, this part of Falcon Trail winds north past the Golf Course through Ponderosa Pines and then west up to a ridge with 360 degree views of the Air Force Academy and the Springs. The Falcon Trail is a 14 mile loop. We will do 1/3 of it. This is pretty hike. CMC members only. A limited number of well behaved, friendly dogs are welcome. Please contact leader by phone only. BC Ski South Fork Saturday, 3/15/2014 Moderate III Leader: Eric Hunter, 719-273-1018, [email protected] Trail Mileage 12, Elevation Gain 1500, Driving Distance 260. Location: South Fork Lake Creek Road TH. Details: This is a moderate out and back ski into South Fork Lake Creek Road near La Plata Peak. We will stay to the main road following the creek as far as everyone can go, have lunch, then return by the same route. We may explore some of the side roads along the way. NNN-BC cross-country gear will be fine, but cable binding backcountry gear will be better. We will avoid avalanche terrain. Nat Geo Map 127. 260mi. 12/1,500. Register with leader.

7 March PPG Trips (continued)

Full Moon Hike Saturday, 3/15/2014 Rick Blount, 719-238-1429, [email protected] We will hike the 6-mile loop in Red Rock Canyon Open Space. Come out and bark at the moon with us. Hiking boots and flashlights required. SESI - Raspberry Hill Saturday, 3/22/2014 Moderate A Leader: Christie Lee, 719-635-2336, [email protected] Details: Trailhead across from Mueller State Park. 6.2-mile snowshoe/yak trax/micro spikes depending on snow conditions. Register with leader by March 20th. Lovell Gulch Friday, 3/28/2014 Moderate A Leader: Nancy Altmansberger, 719-471-9549 Trail Mileage 6, Elevation Gain 700. Details: We will hike this pretty 6-mile loop on a rolling trail through woods and meadows just outside of Woodland Park. CMC members only. A limited number of well behaved, friendly dogs are welcome. Please contact leader by phone only.

To register for classes or trips, go to www.cmc.org

Bear Creek/Jones Park Trails Update

As most of you are probably aware, concern for native greenback cutthroat trout habitat led to the closure of routes along Bear Creek. The closure area was enlarged after last fall's flooding, and there is now a planning process underway to realign the trail network and reopen parts of it for hiking and motorized use. Public comments can be entered at this link, and an Open House is scheduled for Tuesday, February 25, 5:30-7:30 pm in the Pikes Peak Room at the Colorado Springs Utilities' Leon Young Service Center, 1521 Hancock Expressway, Colorado Springs 80903. At the moment, everything between Frosty Park and Jones Park, extending down Bear Creek, is closed to all uses. This includes Lower Captain Jack's Trail 665, Bear Creek Trail 666, Jones Park/Captain Jack's Trail 667, Pipeline Trail 668, Forester Trail 701, Trail 720 and Trail 720A. See the map at this link. This closure is listed through September 2014, but may be lifted or extended as conditions permit. Both the Seven Bridges Trail 622 and St Mary's Falls Trail 624 remain open, and are accessible from North Cheyenne Canyon Park, all of which is now open. The planning concept would reopen Bear Creek Trail 666 from High Drive to Josephine falls, and then build a new trail to connect it to Captain Jack's Trail 667 near the Buckhorn Cutoff Trail. The western end of Captain Jack's would be re-routed to drop into North Cheyenne Canyon and connect with Seven Bridges Trail 622 near the scree slope, rather than dropping into Bear Creek as it does now. West of this point, the upper portion of Seven Bridges would become motorized to connect with Pipeline Trail 668 and the loop of motorized trails between Frosty Park and Jones Park. There will be public meetings in the next few months on this planning; your Pikes Peak Group will send an email blast when the dates are announced. This study is at this link. A parallel planning process is underway to realign the trail system between Seven Bridges Trail 622 and Forester Trail 701 above Jones Park. The existing trails suffer from poor design and grades that are too steep for sustained motorized use, follow Bear Creek, and cross deeply into land owned by Colorado Springs Utilities. The solution will most likely include building about 2.7 miles of new trail running up the ridge west of the current junction of Seven Bridges Trail and Pipeline Trail 668, toward the lower slopes of Runs-down-fast Mountain, then contouring north to connect with Forester Trail near its current junction with Trail 720. The major variable under consideration is how to route the new trail from the current junction of Seven Bridges Trail and the 622A spur trail toward Bear Creek, to the Seven Bridges–Pipeline junction. Once complete, the current trails in the Jones Park area, east of the junction of Forester Trail and Captain Jack's, would be restored to a natural condition. The far western end of Captain Jacks, to the gate above Lake Moraine, would remain open. This study is at this link.

8 CMC Adventure Travel

July 7–18, 2014 - Iceland 2014: Landmannalauger to Skogar Step into a totally different world of breath-taking, sometimes surreal-looking scenery, steaming hot springs, waterfalls, deserts. Hike hut-to-hut through multi- Pikes Pique colored hills and gullies containing hundreds of steaming hot springs and mud pools. March 2014 | No. 199 Explore Iceland's crown city, Reykjavik, and seacoast town of Skokar. Pikes Pique is the monthly newsletter July 12–July 25, 2014 - Peru; Ausangate (20,945’) of the Pikes Peak Group of the Climb the highest peak in southern Peru, Ausangate,20,945.’ This technically Colorado Mountain Club. It is a forum challenging climb in the Cordillera Vilcanota includes roped glacier travel, and a for enhancing skills for backcountry spectacular 200M 60-70 degree snow climb at 19,000.’ Before and after the climb, travel in the Colorado mountains and there will be time to explore the ancient Incan capitol of Cuzco, with its many communicating information, news, and upcoming events to members and archaeological sites and museums. interested parties. July 21–August 4, 2014 - Mt. Kilimanjaro & Safari The purpose of the CMC is to unite the 6-day climb of Kilimanjaro (19,340 ft.) on the normal Machame Route followed by a energy, interest, and knowledge of the 4-day budget safari to Lake Manyara, the Serengeti National Parks and the students and lovers of the mountains Ngorongoro Crater. of Colorado; to collect and disseminate August 4–10, 2014 - Wind Rivers Wyoming Llama Trek information regarding the Rocky This trip is a classic Wind River Range trip and covers a large portion of the northern Mountains on behalf of science, literature, art, recreation; to stimulate Popo Agie Wilderness, with glacial cirques and many high alpine lakes with plentiful public interest in our mountain areas; trout fishing. Llamas carry the camping gear! to encourage the preservation of flora, August 15–26, 2014 - Mt Ararat/Mt. Musala fauna, and natural scenery; and to This is the first CMC trip to Turkey in many years and our first ever CMC trip to render readily accessible the alpine beautiful Bulgaria. The trip will offer a combination of hiking, cultural experiences, and attractions of this region. a limited amount of technical mountaineering. The outing will offer the opportunity PIKES PEAK GROUP CONTACT INFORMATION: to climb the highest peak in both Turkey (Ararat) and Bulgaria (Musala) which is also CMC Pikes Peak Group the highest peak in the Balkans. P.O. Box 2435 April 25–May 7, 2015 - Grand Canyon Raft & Hike 2015 Colorado Springs, CO 80901 Take a motorized raft trip and add 5 extra days for hiking along the way. This 12-day [email protected] raft trip ends with a helicopter ride out of the canyon and a plane flight back to the cmc.org/About/CMCGroups put-in. For B & C hiking levels. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING For more information about CMC Adventure Travel and a full trip listing, please see: Members: www.cmc.org/AdventureTravel  Text: $2 per line, $10 minimum  Ads: ¼-page - $25, ½-page - $50 Non-members:  Text: $3 per line, $15 minimum  Ads: ¼-page - $30, ½-page - $60

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Have a fun story or trip you want to share? Please submit your articles, along with pictures, to be considered for publication in the next Pikes Pique newsletter. Please send to: David Anderson, editor [email protected] The deadline for submissions is the 14th of each month. Use the above contact information for corrections and comments as well.

Olive, Jan, Martha, and Alex on the Gill Trail in Cheeseman Canyon

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