Flatirons Ski Club An Outdoor Multi Sports & Social Group April, 2017 General Meetings are held @ the Unitarian Universalist Church 5001 Pennsylvania AV, Boulder, CO 80303 www.flatironsskiclub.com Message from the President: It is my privilege and honor to be nominated as President of the Ski Club for the upcoming 2017/2018 year. As your VP, I did my best to line up colorful and interesting speakers for our General Meetings. It is marvelous to have Nancy Egbert as our next Vice President. Please welcome her warmly in that role. This past winter has been an active one, with many day and overnight trips for which we thank our hard-working trip leaders. Don't put away your skis quite yet, for mid-week skiing continues through the end of April. As we transition into warmer weather, it's clear that we are much more than a ski club, for there's a number of overnight trips, weekday hikes, wildflower rambles and other social gatherings to look forward to. Happy Spring!!! Donna Scott JUNE 3RD!! HOLD THE DATE! IT S SPRING! PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE SPRING FLING IN THE PARK on JUNE 3, 2017 The annual FSC Spring Fling will again be held at the Foothills Community Park from noon until 2 pm as usual. We will picnic and compare winter stories and adventures and look forward to summer outings. The club will provide barbecue pulled pork, chicken brats, veggie burgers and soft drinks! We ask you all to bring a vegetable dish, salad or dessert to share. Friends are welcome to come and enjoy the celebration and the warm hospitality of Flatirons Ski Club members! Directions: From North Broadway, go west on Violet. At 10th St turn right and follow the road as it becomes Cherry, turn right (North) and the park is on the left. Trinity Site and the Very Large Array March 31- April 2 (Fri-Sun) Ground zero where the first atomic bomb was detonated is only open one day in the spring. The VLA with its 27 radio telescope antennas each 82 ft. in diameter has tours to visit the control room on the same Saturday. Car pools may also visit the Ludlow Massacre Memorial, hike Tent Rocks National Monument, visit the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History and the Capulin Volcano crater on this trip. Contact Stewart Woodward for info. ATTENTION! The April 6th FSC General Meeting will feature the military historian, David Little! David will describe the training and display some of the equipment used by the 10th Mountain Division during WW II. The Division was activated in 1943 as a unit trained to fight in mountainous and arctic conditions. What is now Ski Cooper was built as the principal training area. In 1944, the Division helped break the stalemate in northern Italy, leading the race for the Austrian border. David encourages questions and will also address what the Division meant to military training and the ski industry after the war. LOCATION: Unitarian Universalist Church, 5001 Pennsylvania AV, Boulder, CO 80303
FLATIRON SKI CLUB / MID WEEK SKI SCHEDULE Spring 2017 Join us for a day of pleasurable skiing without crowds and lift lines. We will meet at Marshall Road in Boulder at 7:30 unless noted below. Please call the trip leader the evening before if you are planning on going so they can arrange cars and drivers. MONDAY/TUESDAY THURSDAY Contact Eric Jaeckel-303.516.0035 Contact Rich Evertz-303.666.8915 **CARPOOL (CP) FEE PER PERSON P= ADDITIONAL FEE FOR PARKING April 03- Vail/ BC 8 am CP $15/P April 06- Copper 8:30 CP **$10 April 10- Breckenridge 8:30 CP $10 April 13- Winter Park/ Mary Jane 8:30 CP $10 April 17- A Basin 8:30 CP $10 April 20 and 27 TBA ** These locations are subject to change based on snow conditions and weather. A different ski area may be chosen if the entire group agrees. There is a carpool fee per person (cash preferred), per trip reflecting the driver s true auto costs. APRIL FSC Book Club Monday, April 10 th at 7pm Places of the Heart: The Psychogeography of Everyday Life by Colin Ellard Discussion Leader: Mary Anne Davitt. Where: Pat Irwin s home, Please see May s book choices below! (Please choose ONE of the two books below to read.) May FSC Book Club Monday, May 8 th at 7pm Hillbilly Elegy, A memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by Colin Ellard OR Strangers in their own Land by Arlie Russell Hochschild Discussion Leader: Arnie Mullen & Claudia VanWie Where: Arnie Mullen s home MAMMA MIA April 15th, time 2:00pm at Buell Theater Mamma Mia ticket holders: I plan to take the 12:28n bus from Table Mesa which arrives at 1:05 pm. If there is interest we may have dinner afterwards. Sandy Morris
2017 Wildflower Rambles Warm temperatures and dry conditions! Many flowers (including pasque flowers and spring beauty) are already blooming in March! We are eager to get going, so two rambles have been set in April: April 17, Monday - Centennial Trail Leaders: Judy LaMaitis and Maddy Goldhawk. Meet 9:00 AM at the Centennial Trailhead Parking Lot on Mapleton Ave. as it enters Sunshine Canyon (across Mapleton from Mt. Sanitas). This trail escaped being burned in the recent Sunshine Fire, however there is some burn at the trailhead area. April 26, Wednesday - Goshawk Trail Leaders: Judy LaMaitis and Diane Green. Meet 8:00 AM at the Doudy Draw Trailhead Parking Lot on Eldorado Canyon Rd. to carpool. Hike begins at the trailhead gate near the Ashram. The Rambles leaders (there is a team of 8 of us) recognize that there are many levels of expertise and pace among the people interested in wildflowers and also recognize that we will get strung out on our route because of that. Some want general information about the flowers and others are into keying them out. Rambles are not meant to be hikes. Our rambles policy is to provide several leaders to accommodate faster, moderate and ambling paces. You are welcome to go as far as your interest or physical condition allows you. Third THURSDAY HIKERS Third Thursday hikes begin April 20th. The first hike is a return to Pawnee Grassland. This is an all day trip due to the driving distance, but the easy 4 mile round trip walk is in a beautiful mesa area. Limit of 12 people. For details and/or to reserve space contact Dolores Afainer. Tuesday Hikes 2017 The hike for Tuesday April 25th, we will meet at the parking lot across from the 4Mile Drive entrance at 9am. We will car pool to the trail up 4Mile. The entrance to the Benjamin Trail is there and we will hike up to the trail and around the 3 mile loop and back. Bring a smile and water, snacks! For info call Judy LaMaitis Thursday Hikers Spring hiking will take us up to mountain trails and colder weather. Bring food for lunch, snacks, water and warm clothing for the changing weather conditions. We will meet at 8:45 AM at the Meadows Shopping Center, at the southwest corner of Baseline and Foothills Parkway close to Anytime Fitness and the frontage road. We'll decide on where we want to go and leave by 9AM. We are looking forward to seeing new and old friends as we get to enjoy our mountains without the tourists! Contact Connie Macinko for more information. Canyonlands & Arches May 9 th - 12 th (Tues.-Fri.) The Flatirons Ski Club has once again rented 2 houses in Moab, UT for members to hike in Canyonlands National Park and Arches National Park, mountain bike the slick rock trails or just wander around Moab. Bed cost for 3 nights with kitchen facilities and pot luck dinners is $75 per person including a $25 deposit. All beds in the houses are now FULL! Sign up for Wait List. If you have not paid in full for Moab the $50 balance is due by the April 6 FSC General Meeting. Check with Stewart Woodward for information.
VAIL PASS BIKE RIDE June 17 th (Saturday) Ride down Vail Pass from summit to Frisco, CO on a paved trail. Car pools leave Boulder area at 8AM and meet at the Vail Rest Area at 10AM. There will be shuttle cars to Frisco parking lot before starting the ride. After the ride down the group can have lunch at the Log Cabin Restaurant. If you are up to the strenuous climb you can go early to Frisco or Copper Mountain and pedal up to the pass summit to meet the group at 10AM. Check with Steward Woodward for more information. SPRING AND COLORADO ROCKIES BASEBALL RETURN TO COORS FIELD Once again, we plan to see another great afternoon game under cover with great seats. The date is Thursday, June 22, vs. the A's. We can take the bus there and back or you may drive if you prefer. Dinner downtown afterwards is always an option. Please send check for $11 made out to Bonnie Booth together with a self-addressed stamped envelope so I can send your ticket when I receive it. We will need to have tickets finalized by June 4. 2017 Crested Butte Wildflower Trip July 21 24, 2017 Three spaces remain for the Wildflower Rambles trip to Crested Butte next July 21 24, 2017-3 nights lodging at the Cristiana Guesthaus on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, checking out Monday. The waiting list has people who have interest in going but are not sure. If you are on the waiting list, payment is required to secure one of these remaining spaces. If you wish to go on this trip, you can bring a check to the April meeting or you can call Linda and Chris Paris and send a check to them by mail (address available from the membership list). Members signing up now should pay the full amount. The total trip cost is $260.00. There are accommodations for 3 couples (king), 10 single persons in a queen+double (each with own bed) and 4 single persons or couples (queen). Carpool fee will be at least $50.00 (based on mileage at a rate of $.10/mile). Contact Linda or Chris at the meeting or by e-mail or telephone with questions Full payment is due from all participants by May 4 (last membership meeting).!!attention!! NO JULY CANOE TRIPS Due to physical problems, Stewart Woodward will not lead a canoe trip this year. We are looking for another club member who would like to lead a canoe trip? Stewart will be glad to help with info and maps. Contact Stewart Woodward for info. Uncle Bud s 10 th Mt. Div. Hut August 21-23 (Monday-Wednesday) The Flatirons Ski Club has reserved a 10 th Mt. Div. Hut above Turquoise Lake near Leadville, CO. The hut holds 16 people and requires less than a 2 hour hike from the cars with 4WD SUV s carrying the gear. There is a $75 cost including a $25 deposit for 2 nights in the lodge, 2 dinners and 2 breakfasts. The 8/21/17 trip is now full. As in the past years once there are almost 16 additional members on the Wait List (no deposit yet) and if the 9/03/17 & 9/04/17 dates are still available Flatirons will make a second reservation. Check with Stewart Woodward for info.
S z Grand Lake, Colorado, Aug 30 th - Sept 1 st 2017! Grand Lake Lodge attendees: Summer is in the air but we still have quite a few months until our trip. I would like the balance of the cost, $80, by 6-3-17. You may: #1 pay at any club meeting; #2 pay at the picnic; or #3 send Sandy Morris a check. Enjoy the weather until then! Contact info: Sandy Morris. 2017 Avalanche Ranch Trip October 6th, 7th & 8th, 2017 (Space for 25 people) Price $240.00 total, with a $50 deposit due at sign-up. ***Your place is not reserved until we receive a deposit. *** Final payment is due July 1st. After July 15th, you must find your own replacement. Avalanche Ranch requires 1/2 payment a year in advance with the remainder on Aug. 1st. Hot springs soaking at the ranch in newly renovated tubs. Friday activities on our own until Chili dinner at 6pm. Everyone brings a dish to share. Check in after 3pm. Saturday will be a planned hike if you wish to join us. There is an Apple Festival Saturday evening with meat and drinks provided by the ranch. Bring another side dish to share. Sunday activities are on your own. Many of us go to dinner in Carbondale or Redstone on Sunday. Monday check out and return to Boulder. Contact: Donna or contact Carolyn. Safety Reminder: Mosquitos may carry the West Nile virus in Boulder County. When out at dawn or dusk, take precautions - long pants, long sleeves, and DEET insect repellant on exposed skin. Be safe. FSC Friday Afternoon Club (FAC) New Participants Welcome FSC Friday FAC meets from 4 pm until 5:30 pm at Rincon del Sol, 2350 Arapahoe. It is on the South Side of Arapahoe, just west of gas station at SW corner Folsom & Arapahoe, and good parking is on the West side. Has good Happy Hour prices and food. FSC meets in the large west-side room. Board Members and Support Staff President Donna Vice Pres. Nancy Secretary Diana Treasurer Roger Publicity Reed Downhill Louise Activities Social Chair Membership Newsletter Webmaster Stew Elease Linda Jane Roger If you would like to join the Flatirons Ski Club or have any questions about the Club, please send an email to: membership@flatironsskiclub.com April Board Meeting Thursday, April 20th 6:30 pm at Jane s Mailing Larry
APRIL 2017 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY April 15th, time 2:00pm at Buell. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7p FSC Gen Mtg 11 12 13 4pm FAClub 14 15 23 7p FSC Bk Club 16 17 9a Wild Flower Rambles 24 25 9a Tuesday Hikes 18 19 20 26 9a Wild Flower Rambles 3 rd Thur Hikers 6:30p FSC Brd Mtg 27 2p Mama Mia 4pm FAClub 21 22 4pm FAClub 28 29 30 Flatirons Ski Club An Outdoor Multi Sports & Social Group PO Box 6120 Boulder, CO 80306