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Trail & Timberline Digital Edition
September-October 2001

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EDUCATION

FEATURES

WILD COLORADO

Message from the Director

Natural History: the geometry of the mountains

Sense of Place

Wilderness Trekking School teaches mountain skills
Youth education:
the first backpacking trip

Despite a hostile political climate, wilderness concerns continue to dominate citizen initiatives aimed at preserving Colorado's wild lands. Read about the people and the work they do.

WILD COLORADO FEATURE:

Common Ground: Michael Bateman proposed a "hierarchy of values" to help make decisions about land use in Colorado.

News Briefs

Summit County development nixed

PROFILES:

Citizens behind the wilderness

Saving the Quiet Trail: Clare Barstable, CMC Western Slope conservation coordinator, reviews the Quiet Use Coalition.
How to contact us:

Trail & Timberline magazine is published bi-monthly by the Colorado Mountain Club, Tom Beckwith, editor. To advertise in the print edition, contact Jennifer Munn, advertising sales manager.

CMC Executive Director: Kristy Judd

Education Director and associate editor for education: Brenda Porter

Conservation Director and associate editor for Wild Colorado: Vera Smith

T&T invites readers to submit letters to the editor. Briefer is better. All communications are subject to editing for clarity and length.

VOLUNTEER at the CMC

find out about opportunities and how you can "give something back."

Ashcroft: voices from a
Colorado Ghost Town

If you believe Tracy Houston, the ghost town of Ashcroft north of Aspen can still evoke the voices and sounds of a bygone era.

Climbing equipment:
a reminiscence

John Lachler muses on the advisability of roping up on Pyramid Peak as well as hunting for a fifty-year-old ice axe.

Storms and lightning

Bruce Morrow tells the harrowing tale of John Alberter's encounter with lightning on Mt. Evans.

A striking discovery:

Susan Baker explores the treasures in the CMC collection housed in the American Alpine Club Library.
DEPARTMENTS

CLUB NEWS:

Denver Group Dinner, Rim-Rim-Rim, HAMS East Africa program; HAMS seminar and school; Hikes for Wilderness; Holy Cross Wilderness access closed; Library hours; Mountainfilm festival coming to Denver; Outings manual availalbe.

FROM THE EDITOR

That pesky Activity Schedule

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

POETRY

"Still discovering the wheel"
by Glenna Holloway

SOMETHING TO SMILE ABOUT

Checklist to get ready for ski trips