Saturday, March 27 8:00 am to 5:30
pm
Grape Creek Wilderness Protection
Hike
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, occasionally through shallow
snow. Along the way,
also find out about other nearby Wild Ten proposed wildernesses.
Well-behaved, leashed
dogs allowed. For more information and to register, contact trip leader
John Stansfield,
303-660-5849 or e-mail jorcstan@juno.com by 6 PM, March 26.
Saturday, May 8 8:00 am--5:30 pm
Beaver Creek Love Your Mother Earth
Hike
With or without your mother along, spring is a great
time to visit the many beautiful
valleys of the Beaver Creek Proposed Wilderness. Come explore
the little-visited East
Fork of Eightmile Creek on a moderate six mile hike with elevation gain
of 600 feet,
sponsored by Pikes Peak Sierra Club Group, Wild Connections, and
Central Colorado
Wilderness Coalition. 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 6 PM May 7.
Sunday, June 6 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
Cooper Mountain Wilderness Quality
Survey Hike
The third in a series of exploratory hikes to wilderness
candidates beyond the Wild Ten.
Cooper Mountain roadless area lies just west of Phantom Canyon and the
Beaver Creek
Proposed Wilderness. Come help determine if the area's wild values are
worth preserving
on this moderately strenuous 8-mile, occasionally off-trail hike with
1400-foot elevation
gain, sponsored by Pikes Peak Sierra Club Group, Wild Connections, and
Central Colorado
Wilderness Coalition. Also learn about nearby Wild Ten and other
proposed wildernesses.
Well-behaved, leashed dogs allowed. For more information and to
register, contact trip leader John
Stansfield, 303-660-5849 or e-mail jorcstan@juno.com by 6 PM,
June 5
