An Outdoor Multi Sports & Social Group

www.FlatironsSkiClub.com

August, 2016

Flatirons Ski Club

10th

Mountain Hut Trips

Aug. 10th to 12th & Aug. 17th to 19th

The Flatirons Ski Club reserves a 10th MT. Div. Hut for 2 nights every year. The Club has reserved this summer the Eiseman Hut North of Vail in the Gore Range for 2 trips. The cost for 2 nights in a dorm, 2 dinners and 2 breakfasts is $70. The group meets at McDonalds in Vail and convoys to the start of the 4WD road. 4WD vehicles carry personal gear (including sleeping bags), drinking water and food to the cabin. Most of the group will hike about 2 hours to the cabin. There will be hikes in the Gore Range or you can just sit and enjoy the view from the patio. There is an outhouse. The 1st Hut Trip is full. Due to cancellations there is presently a space for two people on the 2nd Hut Trip. If you were too late to sign up and missed this great trip, call now for a stay at a 10th Mt. Div. Hut at

half price. Stewart Woodward 303-665-9438

President’s Message:

Here it is August already and the summer is more than half over. It seems that

we just had our Spring Fling get-together and now the Fall Membership picnic

will be coming up at the end of this month. I’m expecting we will have as good a

turn out as we did in the spring. I hope everyone’s summer is going well and

filled with fun and exciting experiences.

The Board took the month of July off from our monthly meetings but will be meeting again in August.

We are already discussing/planning ski trips for next season. It seems hard to imagine in the middle of

this heat, but the snow will be flying before we know it. So enjoy the rest of the summer while it lasts.

Monica

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Sandy Morris will be

surveying for interest at the

August 27th Membership

Picnic! Let’s go to Grand Lake in the

Summer of 2017!

Includes: 2 Nights at the Grand Lake Lodge

Cost for 2 nights with buffet breakfasts approximately. $165 Optional activities include: white water rafting,

boating (canoe, kayak, pontoon),

Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre show. Hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park

(Some activities will cost extra)

Contact info: Sandy Morris Home: 303-955-4910 E-mail: swimmie864@hotmail.com

Great Summer Hikes

ATTENTION!! The August 24th, James Peak hike has been CANCELLED!

We are hopeful that we will be able to do it next year! Thank you!

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP PICNIC

SATURDAY, AUGUST 27TH – FOOTHILLS COMMUNITY PARK 12N TO 2:30 PM

Bring your friends to meet members and enjoy the picnic! All food and soft drinks provided by the

club. If you want wine or beer bring your own.

Look ahead and check out the ski trip information for Winter 2016/2017. No “sign ups” will be

available until the October 6th general meeting. But you can “save the dates” for your favorite trips.

Members please bring your Membership Dues and if possible a Signed Waiver Form (This form

is available on Club Website – it will also be available at picnic).

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.

FSC Book Club - New Members Welcome

Monday, August 8 at 7 pm: Julianne Cassady will lead a discussion

of The Light Between the Oceans. Nicole DeLorimier will host us

at the Meadows-on-the-Parkway Clubhouse, 510 Mohawk DR, Boulder.

Monday, September 12 -- Roger Povilus will lead the discussion

of Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a

Jobless Future by Martin Ford.

Hikes begin at 6 pm at the designated trailhead or meeting place, and provide a chance for exercise and fun with other club members and visitors, as well as a delicious potluck dinner after the hike. Bring your paper plate, plastic ware (always bring these even if we go to someone’s home after the hike), water bottle, and a dish to share. All hikes are approx. 2-3 miles. In case of rain or high wind potluck may still take place at someone’s house. Please DO NOT start eating until the leader has come back from the hike, especially if you are in someone's home.

Contacts: Call Trip Leader or Pat Irwin 303-494-6108(H), 303-437-1301(C)

AUG 2 – Ute and Range View Trails Elease and Bill Person - 303-494-6014, Cell: 303-905-6833 From entrance to Chautauqua drive approximately 3.3 miles to where you would turn off to go to the top of Flagstaff. Park here on either side of the road. After hike we will potluck at nearby picnic tables.

AUG 9 – Chautauqua Frances Dahlburg – 303-447-2890 Meet at Chautauqua picnic shelter behind auditorium. Directions: Baseline West to 12th Street, turn Left (South) and proceed up hill to shelter. After hike return to shelter for potluck.

AUG 16 – Foothills Community Park Karin Campanelli – 720-498-6489 and Dave Diener From North Broadway go west on Violet. At 10th street turn right and follow the road as it becomes Cherry; turn right and the park is on the left. Hike in Foothills above park and picnic at shelter.

AUG 23 – Realization Point Herman Sievering - 303-494-9449 From entrance to Chautauqua drive approximately 3.3 miles to where you would turn off to go to the top of Flagstaff. Park here on either side of the road. After hike we will potluck at nearby picnic tables.

AUG 30 – Shannahan Ridge Ellie Bertram - 303-284-3567 and Pat Irwin - 303-494-6108 Meet at Ellie's house, 2765 Iliff where we will picnic afterwards. From Broadway go West up Table Mesa to Lehigh and turn left (south). Pass Mesa school and turn next left onto Iliff. Go downhill to 2765 on left.

TUESDAY NIGHT HIKES

– AUGUST, 2016

Summer 2016

Wildflower Rambles

Eight FSC members take turns leading wildflower rambles each summer. The rambles are relaxed and slow paced to allow attention to the details of the flowers and plants and to aid identification. We also pay special attention to a particular flower group on each trip. Please note that wildflower rambles are not hikes. Bring sun protection, snack/lunch, water (especially important in these days of intense heat), rain gear and field guides. There is a carpool fee payable to the driver.

Wednesday, July 27 Jean Lunning Trail, Long Lake and Niwot Ridge, Brainard Lake Recreation Area Leaders: Linda Paris and Maddy Goldhawk This is one of our favorites, as we usually see lots of wildflowers. The Lunning ramble is an easy, flat walk through the subalpine life zone around Long Lake in the Brainard Lake Recreation Area. The lush meadow near the lake should be spectacular. Due to permit considerations, please contact Linda at 303-530-2423 if you would like to come on this ramble. Those who wish a longer or higher experience into the upper subalpine or tundra life zone can continue up to Niwot Ridge with Maddy Goldhawk. Come prepared for variable weather (raingear and water). Bring a lunch and snacks. Meet at 7:00 AM behind the 3 Margaritas (Diagonal Plaza) at Iris and 28th St. to carpool. Bring your Golden Age pass, if you have one. Carpool fee: $7.00.

Wednesday, August 3 East Portal Leader: Claudia VanWie This is a “Smart Phlower” Ramble. Your cellphone can be a fountain of knowledge on the trail. There are a number of useful apps for identifying flowers. This ramble will focus on using a cellphone for flower identification and photography. Claudia will demonstrate several apps and give some cellphone camera tips. Bring your phone! Carpool fee: $5.00 Meet at 8:00 AM at Eben Fine Park at the west end of Arapahoe Ave in Boulder. You may find a list of nature and camera apps at http://bcna.org/apps.html

Monday, August 8 Lake Isabelle, Brainard Lake Recreation Area Leaders: Maddy Goldhawk and Judy LaMaitis This ramble is longer and more rigorous than our previous one to Jean Lunning in July. Due to permit considerations, please contact Maddy at 303-494-7953 if you would like to come on this ramble. Meet at 7:00 AM behind 3 Margaritas (Diagonal Plaza) at 28th and Iris. The hour is early, but this popular area fills up shortly after 8 AM in the summer months and the parking has been altered and reduced by the Forest Service. Please bring a Golden Age pass if you have one – this is a fee area and this pass is good for admission to Brainard. Come prepared for variable weather (raingear and water). Bring a snack and lunch. Carpool fee: $7.00.

HEDWIG and the ANGRY INCH

Directed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening) and winner of four 2014 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival, Hedwig and the Angry Inch played to record-breaking sell-out crowds on Broadway and promises to take Denver by storm with what Time magazine proclaims is “the most exciting rock score written for the theater since, oh, ever!”

Ticket cost: $33 There are a limited number of tickets When: December 9, 2016 at 7:30 pm Where: Buell Theater

Contact Sandy Morris by email at swimmie864@hotmail.com or phone 303-955-4910.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch is the genre-bending, fourth-wall-smashing musical sensation, with a pulsing score and electrifying performances that tells the story of one of the most unique characters to ever hit the stage.

Brilliantly innovative, heartbreaking, and wickedly funny, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is the landmark American musical by John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask that is “groundbreaking and undoubtedly ahead of its time” (Entertainment Weekly).

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.

August Board Meeting

Thursday, August 18th

6:30 pm

THURSDAY HIKERS

Summer is here and so is hiking season. Spring flowers have been good and summer

flowers will be too. In July, we will hike according to the weather and trail conditions. There is

still a lot of snow in the mountains. As of a few weeks ago, Brainard had almost 60 inches of

snow! We could be hiking high or low - so please come prepared for either. Be sure to bring

food for lunch and snacks, plenty of water, and clothes for all conditions.

Call Connie Macinko at 303-443-6572 for more information.

We will meet at 8:00 AM. Please arrive by 7:45 AM so we can decide where we are going

and can form car pools. We will leave at 8:00 AM sharp. We meet in the south east corner of

Meadows Shopping Center close to the frontage road.

During the summer we will also do a special hike on the 3rd Thursday of every month.

Third Thursday Hike - August 18th - Silver Dollar/Murray Lakes Trail

Due to trail conditions we did not do this hike in July but did Watrous Gulch. Trailhead is on Guanella

Pass Road above Georgetown. The trail is well defined, rocky, uneven, and not officially maintained. It

is an in/out trail starting 11,265”, Silver Dollar 11,950”, and Murray 12,178’ seeing Naylor Lake far

below. Total roundtrip is 4.3 miles depending on parking. The hike is short but at over 12,000’, who

needs long. It is open tundra, wildflowers, a touch of snow, small beautiful lakes.

RSVP for more details Afainer@yahoo.com

Watrous Gulch

If you like to join Flatirons Ski Club or

have any questions about the club,

please send an email to:

membership@flatironsskiclub.com

Board Members and Support Staff

President Monica Tremblay

Vice Pres. Donna Scott

Secretary Diana Vari

Treasurer Roger Povilus

Publicity Reed Bailey

Downhill Louise Geil

Activities Stew Woodward

Social Chair Elease Miller

Membership Linda Giandinoto

Newsletter Jane Odenheimer

Webmaster Roger Briden

Mailing Larry Rittenhouse

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WED. THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

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6pm Tues Nite Hike

Ute & Range View

Trails

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8am Wild Flower

Ramble “Smart

Phlower”

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NO FSC Gen Mtg

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4pm Fri. PM Club

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7am Wild Flower

Ramble

7pm Book Club –

“The Light Between the Oceans”

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6pm Tues Nite Hike

Chautauqua

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7:45a Thurs Hike

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4pm Fri. PM Club

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6pm Tues Nite Hike

Foothills Community Park

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7:45a 3rd Thur Hike:

Silver Dollar

6:30p FSC Brd Mtg

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4pm Fri. PM Club

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6pm Tues Nite Hike

Realization Point

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James Peak Hike

CANCELED

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4pm Fri. PM Club

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12N – 2:30p

FSC Annual

Membership

Picnic

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6pm Tues Nite Hike

Shannahan Ridge

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August 2016

Flatirons Ski Club

An Outdoor Multi Sports & Social Group

PO Box 6120

Boulder, CO 80306

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