by admin | Aug 1, 2014 | blog
This summer, CFI has placed 5 TRAFx counters on trails of popular 14ers. These counters use infrared beams to count hikers, marking every time a warm body moves past. We constructed cairns to house the counters and protect them from weather, animals, and...
by admin | Jul 25, 2014 | blog
Today I am writing from the comfort of a cozy little house in the town of Minturn, CO. Usually, I can be found in the Holy Cross Wilderness, which is a different kind of cozy from the house in Minturn. This season, I find myself with a new organization and in a...
by admin | Jul 18, 2014 | blog
It has been an amazing experience working alongside CFI and the U.S. Forest Service to assist with trail design, and I am fortunate to witness all of the hard work that goes into this process. Before starting with CFI, my knowledge of trail work was limited. In a...
by admin | Jul 11, 2014 | blog
The concept of Wilderness is a belief strongly entrenched within the American psyche. Its meaning is written in our history and our law. The interpretation of Wilderness in law is representative of a time when the western view of the wild lands of our planet switched...
by admin | Jul 7, 2014 | blog
When I was growing up, the excitement I felt when dumping out a 1,000-piece puzzle box was one so great that I maybe should not be openly admitting on this blog, but for the sake of metaphor, I will proceed anyway… Scouring the pieces as they were scattered...