Colorado College Students Make Big Impact
During the last week of August students from Colorado College were nice enough to come out and volunteer with several CFI crews. All incoming freshman and transfer students they are required to participate in some sort of volunteer project for their new student...Tweeting an Average Day on Holy Cross
Many times every day on the trail, Eric and I field questions from hikers, equally curious about why on earth our grubby duo is moving a huge rock as they are eager to catch their breath from the steep approach to Holy Cross. Even people familiar with CFI and the type...Crush, Crush, Crush!
The art of making large rocks become small rocks is what we in the trail business refer to as “crush.” Iron vs. rock; man/woman vs. mountain. It all begins at this, the most basic of levels. When a Southwest Conservation Corps crew member ask me what needs...Gregory: The Eolus Crew Foreman
Each day a family of mountain goats follows us to work. They usually meet us at sunrise by Twin Lakes, though sometimes they are waiting at the tool cache, lying half under a tarp. The largest, a male named Gregory, sees himself as something of a foreman. He walks up...The X Factor
This year on San Luis Peak our project site is two miles above tree line. That means two miles from safety during a thunderstorm. That means we start hiking at 4:30 a.m. every morning. Part of the job hazard is weather. The majority of our work occurs in monsoon...Facebook Feed
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