Preserve what you love!  Those who have climbed Fourteeners speak to the incredible beauty and rewarding challenges that the experience of mountain climbing has meant to them.  Why not give back to the mountains that have given so much to you?

Our projects are challenging, fun, and provide something for everyone: rockwork, trail construction or maintenance, and revegetation/restoration.

How to find out more and register.  Please review the projects below that are of interest to you.  Click on each project and you will be re-directed to our parter organizations' websites for details and registration information.  CFI is excited to partner with the following Colorado-based stewardship organizations for our 2010 projects: Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado (VOC), Wildlands Restoration Volunteers (WRV), Continental Divide Trail Alliance (CDTA), and Cottonwood Institute.

Questions?  Please contact Greg at greg@14ers.org if you have questions about any of our 2010 projects.

MT. YALE BACKCOUNTRY PROJECTS

Backpack in two miles to the CFI basecamp in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness!  With incredible views of the Sawatch Range, you will work with other volunteers and CFI staff to construct a new one-mile trail re-route and restore the old ascent trail.

Mt. Yale Stewardship Adventure with VOC - June 17-20

Mt. Yale Stewardship Adventure with VOC - Sept 9-12

 

MT. BROSS FRONTCOUNTRY PROJECTS

Your efforts will help conserve the natural beauty and fascinating mining history of this area.  These are weekend car-camping projects.

Mt. Bross Trail Construction with VOC - July 31 - Aug 1

Mt. Bross Trail and Restoration Project with WRV - Aug 14-15

 

PYRAMID PEAK BACKCOUNTRY PROJECT

Join a small group (8-10 volunteers) for this 3-day project in the Maroon Bells Wilderness Area!  You'll backpack in about 2 miles to camp near Maroon Lake and enjoy spectacular views of the Maroon Bells and of Pyramid Peak; then spend your days doing important trail maintenance projects on the Pyramid Peak ascent route.  (July 16 - afternoon meet-up, backpack in, and set up camp.  July 17 - project work.  July 18 - 5-6 hours of project work, then break camp and hike out.)

Pyramid Peak Project with RFOV - July 16-18

 

CAPITOL PEAK BACKCOUNTRY PROJECT

Capitol Peak - for many climbers, this mountain is truly representative of the Colorado alpine backcountry experience!  Backpack in 5 miles to Capitol Lake with 8-10 other volunteers, and help complete much-needed preventative trail maintenance work on the trail leading up towards the Capitol ridgeline.  Full project description and registration information are included in the link below.

Capitol Peak Backcountry Project - Aug 18-22

 

MT. MASSIVE BACKCOUNTRY PROJECTS

Backpack three miles into the Mt. Massive Wilderness Area with your fellow volunteers and CFI staff to your backcountry campsite.  The project site is located two miles beyond basecamp, on the upper slopes of Mt. Massive.  You will transplant alpine tundra plants into a closed ascent trail that, without your help, would take hundreds of years to re-vegetate on it's own!

Mt. Massive Restoration Project with CDTA - Sept 9-12

Mt. Massive Trail Trestoration Project with WRV - Aug 26-29

 

MT. EVANS FRONTCOUNTRY PROJECT

Come help with ongoing trail improvements near the beautiful Summit Lake area on Mt. Evans.  This is a frontcountry car-camping project.

Mt. Evans Trail Project with Cottonwood Institute - Aug 7-8 (Volunteers are asked to arrive by the evening of Aug 6.)