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The SHPO office did a spotlight article on the site stewarding volunteer work we perform. Read More ...

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After a pause due to COVID in 2020, Joan and I completed our site steward training and received our site assignment at Fremont Indian State Park and Museum.0 Read More ...

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Volunteering to give an outdoor based presentation? Great! Here's how to be prepared and avoid the gremlins that seem to crop up. Read More ...

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More and more work is done by volunteer groups for protecting our wild lands. These groups need our help. Here's some ways you can give this help. Read More ...

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Some trail work with the Continental Divide Trail Coalition and Colorado Native Lager's Brew Crew. Read More ...

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Some trail work with Friends of Mt. Evans and Lost Creek Wilderness. Read More ...

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Trail Groove Issue 21. Lots of great articles. I wrote one about trail work. Read More ...

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Two mini-trip reports. One of an attempt to ski Mt. Toll and some trail work on The Colorado Trail

In early June, my buddy Mark and I made an attempt to ski Mt. Toll.  A classic spring ski near Boulder.

As when I did it three years ago, I was up at oh-god-early and we drove up to the Brainard Lake Trailhead.

The skis were stowed on our packs and we biked up the Brainard Rd to the Mitchell Lake trailhead.

Skis were strapped on and off we went on the spring snow.

As we made our way to Blue Lake (at the cusp of treeline), we noticed that the divide look rather nasty above. The cold biting wind at the lake proved this to be true!

The views to the socked in divide were awesome, but perhaps not the best ski conditions above treeline.

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