Colorado Mountain Club Blog
The winter of 2020/21 marks the second season of the Snow Ranger Program: a combined effort between Colorado Mountain Club (CMC) and the US Forest Service (USFS). The Ouray Ranger District, located in Southwest Colorado, encompasses popular winter recreation areas … Continued
The snow has been falling, true blue Colorado skies are here and the powder runs have been great! Snow Rangers Kricket Olin and Brian Ducay are in the full swing of winter work in the northern San Juan mountains. They … Continued
By 2021 Snow Ranger Kricket Olin As Snow Rangers in western Colorado we are thrilled that the snow has finally arrived! The 2020/2021 Snow Ranger season is in full swing in the northern San Juan Mountains. Brain Ducay and myself … Continued
By Noah Goold During a global pandemic, life as a Wilderness Trails Advocate was about as ideal as it gets. The daily schedule would often be booked with afternoon storms, downed trees, and many many hills. My days would start … Continued
By Dominic Cavilia, CMC Stewardship Crew Member The crosscut is a unique tool. Seemingly a remnant of days gone, it allows trail personnel to efficiently accomplish goals in wilderness areas that would otherwise be unattainable. In the vein of vinyl … Continued
By Natalie Rockett, CMC Stewardship Crew Member Early Monday one late summer morning I’m sitting at a gas station waiting to meet my crewmates to start another week of work. Once they arrive we fill up our trucks and begin … Continued
By CMC Stewardship Crew member Bennett Muraski Our week began early Monday morning in Salida for a briefing on the work plan and to load our crew vehicles. Once we were prepped for the project ahead, we hit the road. … Continued
By CMC Conservation Director Julie Mach Have you hiked the Decalibron? Did you know you that you were surrounded by private property? Did you know what is public land and what is not? Did you know that if you enter … Continued
By Conservation Director Julie Mach Two new staff joined the CMC Conservation Department this winter to help the Forest Service manage winter recreation in the San Juan Mountains. Chris Snell and Kricket Scheerer are our new Snow Rangers and we … Continued
By Sarah Barringer After working two seasons on the Colorado Mountain Club Stewardship Crew, I was constantly surrounded in beetle kill. Over the course of many hitches, my crew and I cut hundreds of fallen trees on the trail. Our … Continued
Face caked in dirt and glistening from sweat, Sarah turns to me and says “this is the best milkshake I’ve ever had.” She, Dom, and I laugh and let out a synchronized sigh of sweet relief. We have just completed … Continued
National Public Lands Day Brink Messick, CMC Conservation Outreach and Project Manager “I have purposely presented the land ethic as a product of social evolution because nothing so important as an ethic is ever ‘written’… It evolves in the … Continued