by admin | Jul 3, 2015 | blog
This has been a late start to the trail season, but regardless of the time of year, when trails start to thaw out from the snow the same obstacles still occur. Major obstacles are downed trees in all sizes and in many forms. Some could be a single small leaner;...
by admin | Jul 1, 2015 | blog
Spring has sprung! And now summer is here! Being back in Minturn theses last few weeks have been nothing but the best. I feel as if I’ve established a home base here. Working with the Forest Service has been nothing but a pleasure. Seeing familiar faces from...
by admin | Jun 18, 2015 | blog
Take a journey to the La Garita wilderness, it is located in a remote portion of Colorado that you will likely have all to yourself. San Luis Peak looms ahead of you, about 5.5 miles from the Stewart Creek trail head. The narrow trail gives one the sense of walking a...
by admin | Jun 15, 2015 | blog
This past week, the two Adopt-a-Peak crews headed South to perform maintenance on the Stewart Creek Trail leading to San Luis Peak. There is still a lot of snow on the higher parts of the trail, so we focused our work on a couple of lower sections. We spent much of...
by admin | Dec 29, 2014 | blog
Every summer, CFI’s Adopt-a-Peak crew travels around the state to tackle high-priority maintenance projects among the Fourteeners. Our Adopt crew works with many different groups of volunteers that range in age, ability, and trail work experience. Â This calls...
by admin | Dec 12, 2014 | blog
 This year, CFI placed five TRAFx infrared trail traffic counters on trails with access to seven Fourteeners: Castle, Quandary, Redcloud, Grays, Torreys, Handies, Sunshine. Overall, we consider the pilot year of our trail traffic counter project a success. After a...
