CMC
Boulder Group e-Newsletter
January
30, 2012
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CMC Boulder Group News & Events
Note: Unless otherwise noted, lectures/presentations will be held
in the CMC Boulder Group Clubroom, located at 633 South Broadway, Unit N,
Boulder (Table Mesa Shopping Center,
east of King Soopers or around the west corner from Neptune Mountaineering),
303-554-7688.
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BCMC
Events & Trips
Sat,
2/11: Mitchell Lake, Mod. II Ski Tour (Eileen Monyok)
Sat,
2/11: Arapaho Lakes Telemark Tour, Adv. I Ski Tour (Steven Haymes)
Sat,
2/18: Peaceful Valley/Beaver Res/Coney Flats Loop, Mod. II Ski Tour (Patricia
Butler)
Sat, 2/18: Antelope Ridge,
Easy II Ski Tour (Rick Casey)
**If you would like to
co-lead a Boulder Group event or trip, please let the leader know when you
contact them to sign up!**
These are Boulder Group trips and events
only;
to
see all upcoming CMC trips, see CMC
Activity Schedule
or
Boulder Group Trip Info
or the RSS feed.
High
Altitude Medical Issues Lecture, Wed., 2/1, 7pm: Vern Miller of TrailMed will be giving a special lecture on High Altitude
Medical Issues. This talk is open to all CMC members and is required for all
participants of the WFA offered last November. If you plan on taking the WFA course this
spring, you
might want to consider attending as well. Location: CMC Boulder Group Clubroom.
Wilderness
First Aid, Sat. & Sun., 3/10-11, 8am-5pm: The Boulder Group will be
offering a Wilderness First Aid (WFA) course this coming spring. This
is a 16 hour course provided by Vern Miller of TrailMed. Remember, the CMC requires WFA for all new trip leaders and recommends WFA for all existing leaders
of technical trips. In addition, the
Boulder Group requires current WFA for all BMS instructors. To sign up for WFA, please contact Cindy at
safety@cmcboulder.org. Price is $155, scholarships are available for those who qualify.
Save the
Dates: Spring/Summer 2012 Boulder Mountaineering Schools (BMS): We’ve set the dates for the
spring/summer/fall BMS courses for 2012. The optional Spring/Summer Schools Orientation
Night will be held on Monday, February 27, 7pm, in the Boulder Group clubroom. SIGN-UPS START ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 8am. Attendance at
the Orientation Night is not required for signing up. This year’s spring/summer
schools include Hiking and Survival Essentials (starts 3/6), Hiking Navigation
(starts 4/3), Basic Rock School (starts4/17), Hiking Route and Trip Planning
(new course, starts 4/19), Basic Snow(starts 5/15), Intermediate Snow (starts
5/29), Rock Leading School (starts6/5) and Backpacking (starts 7/10). See
www.cmcboulder.org/bms/springSchedule.html for all of the lecture and field
trip dates and the sign-up procedure. If you’re unable to attend all of the
lectures and field trips this spring, we’ll also offer some of the courses in the
fall. See www.cmcboulder.org/bms/fallSchedule.html for the fall schedule.
Contact Brenda Leach at bms@cmcboulder.org if you have questions.
Attention Instructors
- Volunteer for Spring/Summer 2012 BMS Session: The spring/summer session of
the Boulder Mountaineering School (BMS) is looking for instructors to help teach
our courses. The school directors will be contacting past instructors, but feel
free to contact them first. The course schedule may be found online
atwww.cmcboulder.org/bms/springSchedule.html. For more information or to
volunteer, contact the school directors: Hiking Schools: Karen Baldwin,
bhs@cmcboulder.org; Basic Rock School: Brenda Leach, brs@cmcboulder.org; Snow
Schools, Jim Leffingwell, snow@cmcboulder.org; Rock
Leading School, Clint Locks, rls@cmcboulder.org. Instructors, your time and
efforts are much appreciated!
Centennial Celebration
Climbs: The guidelines for trip leader participation
in the Centennial Celebration Climbs to help celebrate the CMC’s Centennial
Anniversary have changed. Groups are no
longer going to be allowed to reserve peaks for their leaders, and more than
one leader can lead a trip to a particular Centennial Peak. To participate in this celebration, qualified
Boulder trip leaders may now lead a trip to one or more of the Centennial Peaks
(top 100) between now and December 31, 2012.
Interested trip leaders should email bdwyer192@gmail.com and indicate which trip(s) they wish to lead. Leaders will be responsible to schedule the
trip in the CMC online schedule.
Instructions, formats and assistance will be provided to help streamline
the leader’s participation. There will be a link at the CMC website (http://www.cmc.org) starting March 1st to a spreadsheet of the
Centennial Peaks. This will show the
sign ups, schedules, completions, trip reports and photos of the trips.
Participation in this program will help provide advertisement for the CMC and
help allow members to climb the Top 100 peaks.
Completing
Trip Reports and Neptune's Coupons: Trip Leaders -- please remember to complete your trip reports on the CMC website. For
instructions,
go to http://www.cmcboulder.org/trips/#HowToFileTripsOnline. If you are
having difficulties with the web site or wish to receive a Neptune’s coupon
after completing your trip report online, please contact the Club Room at
303-554-7688 and leave a message.
Monthly Compass Newsletter: View the latest issue of
the Compass here.
The next issue of the Compass will be coming out in February.
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Around the CMC
Unless otherwise noted, these events will be at the American
Mountaineering Center (AMC), 10th & Washington, Golden. See
www.cmc.org for more information.
CMC Adventure Travel: The trips
listed below are at the request of the trip leaders. To see all Adventure
Travel trips, go to www.cmc.org/at:
Death Valley Hiking, March
11-16/2012: Cost $1262 or $1830 for a
single. Castles, abandoned mines, unique
wildlife, sand dunes, snow-capped mountains, canyons, layers of multi-colored
rocks, and the world's lowest golf course! Don't miss this exciting opportunity
to experience the legendary Death Valley, home of the Timbisha Shoshone tribe.
Temperatures will be a moderate 65-75 degrees. Hiking during the week will
consist of several A or moderate B hikes, as well as a visit to Scotty's
Castle. Lodging will be the renovated
Furnace Creek Ranch, which offers a complete resort complex in the heart of
Death Valley National Park. A nonrefundable deposit of $100 is due December 31
with the balance due by January 15.
Contact Terry Hardie at tnjhardie@msn.com
or Sharon Silva at ssilva@q.com for more information.
Montenegro, June
12-26/2012:
Cost $2,264 plus airfare. Join Rada Perovic, Golden resident and Montenegro native, for a
two-week excursion to this unspoiled Mediterranean and mountain paradise. Enjoy a journey from the beautiful beaches of
the crystal clear Adriatic Sea to the country's mountainous interior with its
7,000 foot peaks, deep canyons and valleys, and dense forests. The trip will
visit for national parks: Lovcen, Biogradska
Gora, Durmitor, and Skadar
Lake. In addition to the hiking excursions (A and B level), there will be a
two-day raft trip down the Tara River.
Contact Rada for more information at radaperovic@msn.com
or (303) 985-3263.
Russia: Climb Mt. Elbrus 18,510ft,
August 4-16/2012:
Cost $3,085 (not including international airfare). Join us for the 8th trip to the highest
summit in Europe organized by the CMC's High Altitude Mountaineering and
Adventure Travel Committees. Elbrus; located in the spectacular Caucasus
Mountains of southern Russia and one of the fabled "Seven Summits;"
offers strenuous, but not overly difficult climbing. Basic knowledge of ice axe
and crampon usage; and roped team travel; is essential. The trip plans to use
the standard southern approach from the Baksan Valley
and the route passes the ruins of the famous Priut
(Hut) of 11 that burned in 1998. Days are allotted for acclimatization and extra
summit attempts if bad weather intervenes. Transit is through Moscow and
includes a day long city tour at the end of the trip.
Trip cost includes domestic airfare within Russia; all
lodging and most meals; ground transportation & airport transfer fees;
guide fees in the Valley; Russian visa & all permit fees; gratuities;
leader expenses; and CMC administrative fee. Trip cost does not include
international air fare; baggage fees; trip insurance; some meals; bar tab;
souvenir purchases. Final cost may vary slightly as some costs are denominated
in Euros, not dollars or rubles.
To obtain the trip application, itinerary,
and other information, contact Vern Bass, the trip leader at 4efs@eazy.net.
Hiking in the Alps of Bavaria and Austria, August 27-September
7/2012:
$2,700-3,300, TBD. The
German and Austrian Alps is a scenic region of pristine lakes and creeks, high mountains,
green pastures and thundering river gorges. The hilly country side that’s
dotted by quaint villages is home of most famous castles in Bavaria where we
will start our trip. On the Austro-Bavarian border we will visit Germany’s
highest peak, Zugspitze. In Austria, we will start by exploring the glacier
carved valley of Stubaital close to Innsbruck. From
there we will continue to learn more about Tyrol country, while hiking and
climbing in the Zillertal area. Finally, we will walk
on paths of thousand year history in Salzkammergut.
The area with spectacular lakes, close to the town of Salzburg, had in past famous mines of "white gold
"and the historical salt trail started from here. The town of Hallstatt is Unesco World
Heritage destination.
During the trip, we will stay in comfortable, typically
family owned, hotels and explore some breathtaking parts of the world. The cost
of trip includes lodging in hotels and pensions, transportation during the trip,
breakfast and most of dinners and leader’s expenses. The price does not include
airfare or travel insurance. The final cost may vary depending on currency
exchange. Hikes up to B and C level. Maximum number of
participants is 14. For more information contact the trip leaders Renata and John Collard at renata.collard@ucdenver.edu or (303) 617-4773.
Group
Resources Link Now Up on the Website: On our cmc.org website, members can now find
items such as the Emergency Action Plan, Group Toolkit, Trip leader manual,
etc. For more information, click here.
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ALL OVER THE MAP
Events
published in the Compass are for informational purposes only. They are not
endorsed by the Boulder Group of the CMC except for the events that are
explicitly led, taught or instructed by the Boulder Group. The Boulder Group of
the CMC makes no assessment as to their merits. Participants are advised to
make their own assessment as to whether to participate in these events.
Neptune Shows &
Clinics:
All are free and at
Neptune Mountaineering unless noted otherwise.
For more information on the
events, please visit Neptune's
website.
Alpine
Touring Gear, Thu., 2/2, 7pm: "Show and tell"
to help you select your alpoine touring ski
equipment. Presented by Gary Neptune.
Alpine
Touring in the Austrian Tirol, Thu., 2/2, 8pm: Slideshow and presentation
by Gary Neptune.
Desolation
Canyon Climbing and Rafting, Thu., 2/9, 8pm: Come along as Josh Thompson
and Dan Gambino run one of the best western whitewater rivers, along with the
goal of climbing a remote and unclimbed desert tower.
Beacon
Practice, Wed., 2/15, 6pm: Bring your own beacon (BYOB) to practice before the avy clinic at 7pm.
Avy Awareness, Wed., 2/15,
7pm: "Risk
Management" with Alpine World Ascents. The moment you decide to go for a
back country tour is the beginning of a series of many important decisions.
When deciding on whether to ski a slope or not, human factors must be taken
into consideration. Learn critical decision making and how psychological
factors impact risk management.
100 Years of
Skiing with Dr. John Allen, Thu., 2/16, 8pm: PSU
Professor Emeritus of History, John Allen will speak on his recently published
book "FIS 100 Years of International Skiing, 1910-2010." Dr. Allen’s
most recent contribution to ski history won the Ullr
Award, given for a single outstanding contribution or several contributions to
the historical record in book form, from the International Skiing History Association.
Dr. Allen, and co-author Egon Theiner’s
book, chronicles and analyzes how the International Ski Federation has managed
modern skiing on the world stage. Superbly illustrated, this beautifully
produced oversized book contains a century’s worth of stunning images.
In Search of
Vertical Virgin Earth, Thu., 2/23, 8pm: Mike Libecki takes you on a
journey to such places as Afghanistan, Antarctica, Yemen, Venezuela, China,
Indonesia, Baffin Island and more! Through a series of short films, Libecki will attempt to bring you as close to being there
with him without actually going. Explore some of the most remote corners of the
planet looking for big, unclimbed rock formations, in places where rescue is
close to impossible, where temperatures are colder than your freezer at home
and hotter than a Russian sauna. Embrace colorful, amazing culture and people,
encounter polar bears, deadly scorpions and tick-bugs stuck to the worst
possible place on your body, and of course, climb huge rock walls in some of
the wildest and most stunning areas on Earth. Libecki
will attempt to inspire people so they stop making excuses and get out and live
life... Raffle and schwag giveaway to follow presentation.
Other Information
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