by admin | Jun 12, 2017 | blog
In the last two weeks of May, I managed to work my way through four final exams (which involved a whole lot of painstaking map-making, evaluating wildfires and vulnerability across Chilean urban landscapes, interpreting Champlain Valley bedrock geology, and analyzing...
by admin | Jun 9, 2017 | blog
This season the Mount Columbia trail reconstruction crew will utilize a grip hoist and cable rigging system to move building materials (rocks) from the upper slopes of the mountain to our worksite below. As the multi-year project progresses into the second season our...
by admin | Nov 29, 2016 | blog
After my first year living in Colorado and working full-time for CFI I can’t help but scroll through my photos from this summer and marvel at the amazing landscapes I get to call my office. In hopes of sparking your own memories from climbing I’d like to share a few...
by admin | Nov 4, 2016 | blog
Long regarded as one of the worst 14er hiking trails in the state, Mount Columbia is much overdue for new sustainably-aligned summit route. When CFI performed baseline route condition inventories in 2011-2013, Mount Columbia’s North Hornfork Basin route ranked...
by admin | Oct 28, 2016 | blog
Well Folks, That’s a Wrap! Now that the numbers have been counted, gear packed up, reorganized, and all the tools have been cleaned and placed to rest for the winter setting in linseed oil, the mind is flooded with time to decompress and reflect upon the 2016 CFI...
by admin | Sep 26, 2016 | blog
Those who come up the mountain may see us at work, a crew of figures moving rocks, flipping with bars, moving things in bags, and crushing rocks. They may know who we are and what we are doing. Or they may think we are mining for gold. Some come up the mountain and...
