Daylight Savings Time on March 8th
St. Patrick's Day on March 17th
1st day of Spring on March 20th
So, with Spring just around the corner, get out and enjoy those winter activities while you can. Gotta luv those longer days and Luck of the Irish to ya.
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A member from Trails Council will give a 5 minute talk and ask for volunteers to help maintain trails in the San Juan National forest.
Proceeds benefit Pagosa senior students going to college as well as younger students studying nature and conservation and learning outdoor sports and skills.
This month's bounty includes:
- 1 day ski rental from Ski & Bow Rack
- $30 gift certificate from Hunan Chinese Restaurant
- Month Pass to The Springs
- Half the cash
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Join the club. Dues are only $30 for a family or $20 for singles. You meet lots of great people, have tons of fun, improve outdoor skills and of course get lots of exercise. So much for so little. You can pay at the meeting or print the membership form found under Useful Links in the sidebar and mail it in. Dues are due every January, but are gladly accepted any time of year.
Message from our President
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Upcoming Activities
In March we have the Thursday morning ladies walk/coffee, easy snowshoes, moonlight snowshoe and cookout, bowling at Rolling thunder Lanes in Ignacio and hiking in Tuscon! Check the Calendar of Activites in the sidebar under Useful Links for all the details. You can sign up for all events at the meeting. Get out there and have some FUN!!!
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February Meeting
Our speaker, Ros Wu gave an interesting presentation on fire ecology and prescribed burns that are done in our area.
The lucky raffle winners
Bill Heller searching for someone to choose a number that doesn't belong to him.
February Activities
There were a lot of great activities with photos to go along with them. It was really hard to choose which pics to include, if yours didn't make the cut, look for it at the meeting. There will be a slide show of all photos. These are presented in chronological order.Telluride Trip
On Jan 28th, a fine group of snow lovers took over the Rico Hotel, gathering around the great room fireplace after a short afternoon on Lizard Head Pass. I think Klaus had his first lesson in snowshoe rolling! To be sure , happy hour had plenty of food and wine before a fabulous meal in the five table Argentine Grill with its old wood stove adding extra warmth. Morning dawned still and cloudless making the day of skiing one filled with great conditions and stunning views. The happy hour view from Allred's Bar on the mountain of sunset over Telluride 2000' below was unmatched. The second day was slightly warmer and the racing duo of Carolle and Klaus brought home bronze and silver medals. I think everyone finished the day on weary legs after two long days of exhilarating skiing.
The Snowshoe Group - Smiles all around
Rico Hotel
Strike a Pose
Which way shall we go? See Forever seems like an appropriate name.
Get your paws off me!
View of Telluride from Allred's Bar
Revelation Bowl 12,570 ft.
Prospect Basin
Lizard Head morning
Cross Country on Febr. 7th at Williams Creek
Perfect place for a snack
Abby, Betsy and Bob. Where ARE the others?
Moderate Snowshoe Febr. 8th
A group of folks led by the Hunters made it up to the Hoodoos.
Up, up and away
Almost there. Hoodoos ahead.
Group shot at the Hoodoos.
How are we going to get past this?
Some people just have to take the hardest, steepest route. You go Shirley!
Time to go, now, let's find some steep stuff to slide down.
Easy Snowshoe on Febr. 14th
This enthusiastic group headed east of the cattleguard on Piedra.
Looks like they worked up a powerful hunger.
Group led by Abby and Phyl. We skiied all around Williams Creek, ate lunch at Indian Head Lodge and with full bellies headed out to Williams Reservoir.
Nothing like skiing during a light snow.
Betsy, Rex, Bob, Phyl and Susan chowing down.
Cross Country Hut Adventure
What Takes Place in the Hut, Stays in the Hut. . .
Unless, of course, you're a blabber mouth writing an article for the newsletter! Susan, Charleen, and Sue joined Abby and me on a 4 mile XC jaunt to the Trujillo Meadows yurt which overlooks, whaddya know, Trujillo Meadows. And, as luck would have it, Trujillo Reservoir. We were so happy that Charleen put in an order for perfect weather because we got it. A light snow 30 minutes after our arrival provided perfect snow for the next day's play. Sunny blue skies stuck around during our entire stay.
The yurt proved very well stocked and all jumped into yurt chores with a gusto. We learned the advantage of hanging the toilet seat by the wood-burning stove. In fact, I became so enamored with that warm seat that I'm thinking of hanging mine at home by the fireplace. Speaking of wood-burning stoves, did you know that you have to keep adding wood if you want it to continue heating throughout the night? That proved a bit inconvenient so we simply hunkered down deep in our bags and crossed our fingers that someone would have to go to the bathroom about 6 a.m. and, oh yes, get that fire going again since the outside temp. rested on 4 degrees!
It was great fun. We managed to eat pretty much non-stop which was, after all, why we were there. We did manage to get in some skiing, too. On our way home, we stopped in Chama for the best quesadillas in the world. If you haven't been there, try out the coffee shop across from the train depot. Yummulicious!
I know, you thought I was going to dish on my gal pals but you were wrong. I have to be careful. Can't have them dishing on me! ~Betsy~
Starting our great adventure.
Sue crashing-it's all that backpack's fault!!
Here come's Abby, we won't show what happened next.
So that's what a yurt looks like.
Home away from home.
Cheers! I guess the weight of that wine was worth it.
Abby enjoying that warm toilet seat.
As you can see, Sue has adapted quite well to outdoor life.
Susan became quite the little lumberjack. Don't stand too close though!
Betsy and Charleen after their little adventure thru the countryside. This was the view from our front deck.
All five of us displaying our well deserved prizes awarded by Betsy.
Heading home.
Betsy's airing out method wouldn't have been so bad, but she was leading the way out! Thank goodness for long underwear!
Snowshoe at Molas Pass
Febr. 22, led by the Hunters
Heading out from the pass
David, Charleen and Jim, just wandering around, looking for steep stuff.
They found a good descent, it gave Jim a ride for his money.
Posing for the group shot. Jim, Charleen, David, Bob, Gary, Shirley, Sue and John.
Great scenery.
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