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The Leadville bus trip for 2019 will be January 18 to 21, 2019. Leadville has been one of our favorite destinations in spite of being one of the coldest site we have visited. The 2nd Bus Trip  to Ouray, Colorado from  February 22 to 25 2019 has been canceled due to lack of interest. Participants must be club members....

The Colorado Avalance Information Center (CAIC) announces Version 2 of their mobile app for both Android and Apple devices. V2 has an updated user interface that provided a cleaner path to the avalanche forecast, danger ratings, and zone weather tables. Download the latest version here:  Apple:https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/caic/id956986311?mt=8 Android:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.caic.caic

If you are can or need to carpool to Silverton please post name and contact info here.     Also if you are interested in a potluck dinner New Year's Eve please post what you would like to contribute.   Thanks and I hope this makes planning easier.   Max

Document names and links- Once you insert a file in a page from the Media Library you see that it has the same Text as the filename, just all lower characters.  The Text you see and the Link to the file are not the same.  You can change the visible NAME of the doc to ANYTHING you want.  Change/Add...

Mary Kaye Gallagher is putting together a trip the Aladdin's Lamp Hut for the New Year's Celebration. Aladdin's Lamp Hut has become a great location not just for the snow but for those who want to experience the hut environment. The hut is only a couple hundred yards from the parking area, so the normal struggle to get "home"...

Peter Marks, the NMCCSC Program Chair, is putting together the schedule of programs for the coming season. At this point the following programs have been scheduled. October:  The Oct program will be on conditioning exercises for XC skiing and the presenter is Laura Cobb who is the fitness director at the YMCA here in town. The presentation will consist...

We are looking into holding another beginner hut trip at Aladdin's Lamp. This trip is primarily for those who can ski but have never tried a hut trip. It will give you an opportunity to experience the Hut Trip environment in all of its glory. And you will have a chance to do some skiing right outside your home away from...

This past winter the UNM Ski Team started development on a groomed ski loop in the Sandias for ski team training. The loop is intended for the exclusive use of cross country skiers. It is accessible from either the Ellis or 10K Trailhead parking areas. Chris Norton, with the UNM nordic team, has groomed some trails adjacent to the Ellis trailhead...

Debbie Pierson and Randy Johnson released information on the second Bus Trip for 2017. It will be to Pagosa Springs and the Wolf Creek area. Dates of the trip are Feb 17 through Feb 20 (Presidents' Day weekend.) Extensive information on the ski area and cross country skiing around Wolf Creek Ski Area is available here. This area has...

The second hut trip for the 2017 ski season will be to the Polar Star Hut. Polar Star Inn is a privately owned backcountry lodge, booked by 10th Mountain. Polar Star Inn is a tall-standing structure with a big deck that looks west over the Colorado Plateau: a sunset watcher's paradise. There are six private bedrooms and running water (summer...