CCWC Calendar

Upcoming Meetings: THURSDAYS, AUGUST 12 and SEPTEMBER 9. 

All held from 6:30- 8:30 pm at Colorado Springs City Hall, Academy Room, Kiowa and Nevada, enter southeast door off Kiowa.
LET’S MAKE NEW WILDERNESS A REALITY IN 2010.  For more information, contact John Stansfield, 303-660-5849; e-mail jorcstan@juno.com.

Join sponsors Pikes Peak Sierra Club, Central Colorado Wilderness Coalition, and Wild
Connections for a moderate 2- day backpack, distance 4 miles one way with elevation gain of 600 feet, in the Weston Peak area, one of the CCWC’s Wild Ten proposed potential wilderness areas. This backpack will offer basic backpacking skills instruction, including site selection and minimum impact camping. Participants must have or rent basic backpacking gear. For more information or to sign up, contact Jim Lockhart at 719-385-0045 or jlock@datawest.net.

Beaver Creek Blue Mountain Hike

Saturday, August 14   8:00 am to 5:30 pm

The northeast portion of Beaver Creek Proposed Wilderness, so close to Colorado Springs, but rarely visited by humans, is often the haunt of deer, elk, and bear. Come climb Blue Mountain for far-ranging views on this moderate, sometimes off-trail, seven mile hike with gain of 1,000 feet, sponsored by Pikes Peak Sierra Club, Wild Connections, and Central CO Wilderness Coalition. Well- behaved, leashed dogs allowed. We will learn about the wilderness future of this and other nearby wild areas. For more information and to register, contact John Stansfield, 303-660-5849 or e-mail jorcstan@juno.com by 5 PM, August 13.

Grape Creek Wilderness Protection Hike--RESCHEDULED from winter.     

Saturday, Sept 11   8:00 am to 6:00 pm

In the (usually) sunny, dry banana belt southwest of Royal Gorge, a section of the Grape Creek Proposed Wilderness exists close to mining activity and OHV roads. Help Pikes Peak Sierra Club, Wild Connections, and Central Colorado Wilderness Coalition assess and protect these wildlands. Our five-mile, easy to moderate hike, gaining a maximum of 500 feet, will be mostly on road and trail. Along the way, also find out about other nearby Wild Ten proposed wildernesses. For more information and to register, contact trip leader John Stansfield, 303-660-5849 or e-mail jorcstan@juno.com by 5 pm, September 11.