Alder Creek Hike

What a nice day for a stroll along Alder Creek…..Beautiful scenery!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harolena Powell
1196 Mohee Rd.
South Fork, CO. 81154-9658
Email hp3944@gmail.com

 

 

Friday ATV work day ride

We had a good work day, some great hamburgers, and found some snow and mud.

 

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Last night’s snow

 

Burgers a cooking

 

A good place to turn around

 

Sign reinstallation and repair

George Powell,  president

Silverthreaders Club

Silverthread Outdoor Recreation Club

Silverthreaders Dues

Silverthreaders dues are due the first of May, they are $20. I have attached a membership application and a waiver. If you have not signed a waiver, you will need to sign one before you participate in club activities. You only need to sign one, because it will go from year to year. Please fill out an application if any information has changed since you joined. You can also print off applications and get your friends to join if they are not a member. Silverthreaders includes all activities except snowmobiling. Let’s have a fun summer. You can mail dues to the address below.

 

Thanks,

 

George Powell, president

Silverthreaders Club

Silverthread Outdoor Recreation Club

PO Box 343

South Fork, CO. 81154-0343

H 719-873-5902

C 719-850-0080

Email ghp0181@gmail.com

 

Tuesday ATV Ride

Great day for a ride with beautiful weather and moments of excitement

 

 

 

 

Winches and ATV move big trees

 

 

Water diversion

 

 

More trees

 

Replacing sign    

 

 

Where’s the road?

 

George Powell, president

Silverthreaders Club

Silverthread Outdoor Recreation Club

PO Box 343

South Fork, CO. 81154-0343

H 719-873-5902

C 719-850-0080

Email ghp0181@gmail.com

 

No-name Mtn

The Tuesday hikers re-emerged, finding a gentle way up a steep hillside, then skimming the top and looking down on things from 9577' and more, and descending through the old burn of 2002  and the thickets of aspen.

 

This "low" mountain lies just up from the center of town (we waved at Katie in the Visitor Center). Yet none of us had been to the rather long flat top. Deer trails led us upward. Views of Willow Park subdivision were available at our lunch stop, and burned timber and small cliffs challenged us going down.

 

Bob came back with out any "sheds" but we saw deer and the tracks of elk. Thanks to Judy for the pick-up service in Beaver Mtn. Estates.

 

Join Bob next week on Tuesday for another adventuresome hike just East of here a couple of miles. Get to know the outskirts of your town a little better.  9 a.m. departure from the Visitor Center. on Tuesday. 

 

Also--Monday hike 9 a.m.; Thursday hike with Dennis Shepherd.

 

Dennis wants you to enjoy the full moon with some vittles on the fourth day of May.  If all works out, you'll probably get an e-mail notice from him.

 

--Doug Knudson

 

5 intrepid climbers Wayne, Linda, Bob, Wayne, Jan

 

Life after death?

 

2002 fire in 2012

 

Quiz bird

 

Linda among the D-fir and Limber pines

 

Famous people crossing Church Creek

 

It ended up as a nice downhill stroll.

 

Trail Work Day–East Bear Creek

We had a good day working on East Bear Creek Trail. We tore up some rocks, did some drainage work, and found some trees. One big tree

 

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Trying out the jack hammer and generator

 

 

Knocking down rocks

 

 

One large tree

 

We had 5 of these logs.

 

 

George Powell, president

Silverthreaders Club

Silverthread Outdoor Recreation Club

PO Box 343

South Fork, CO. 81154-0343

H 719-873-5902

C 719-850-0080

Email ghp0181@gmail.com

 

Trail 616 hike, just N of Upper Alpine

(I got my Computer picture storage-retrieval system in gear after a vanishing act last week. Thanks to Barbara, most of you know we took a fine walk last week.)

 

At 9 a.m. we departed for Upper Alpine, alighted from our coaches and set out northwesterly afoot northwesterly along  the southern base of Agua Ramon Mountain. All were healthy, smiling, and alert; they remained so throughout the hike.

 

Future hike opportunities grow as temperatures rise:

 

Monday--easier hikes--will continue to meet at 9 a.m. at the S.F. Visitor Center throughout the spring and summer.

On these, you'll see beautiful forests, flowers, flowing water, and mountain panoramas.  They aren't flat trails; only one is paved. We're in the mountains, after all.

 

Tuesday--People are already asking when we start our tough hikes on Tuesdays. Shall we say April 24? I'll be there to lead. Bob Munro seems agreeable for May 1, when I'll be in Chicago. Start by 9 a.m. at S.F. Visitor Center.

Our aim is to see the best scenery in Colorado while conditioning our lungs and legs. We'll work our way up to 8-12-mile hikes, then acclimatize to our high-altitude trails, so by late July and August we're ready for Mt. Elbert (our highest) and a couple of other 14ers (no technical skills or equipment needed). Note--we recommend that you get yourself into active condition by a strenuous set of heart and muscle exercises daily. Heavy breathing is good!

 

Wednesday--In June, Dennis is working with the visitor center on summer youth hikes.  Watch for details from Dennis or ask Katy Richardson at the Visitor Center then notify your visiting youth.

 

Thursday--We don't have confirmation from Dennis Shepherd yet, but we'll probably have interest in hiking for everyone--intermediate level--on Thursdays as we did last summer. Start in late May or June. At some times last year, these were done with the Creede area hikers, taking us to new destinations.

 

All of these (except Wed.) are open for all hikers.  If you want to take short, easy (but woodsy) hikes only, come on Mondays.  If you want to get ready for mountain-top experiences, schedule Tuesdays.  Thursdays can be for anyone, as long as they can make 5-6 miles on the rocky trails, with some off-trail cross-country segments.

 

Health care starts with you--go ahead and fool the statistics by healthy years of hiking.

                --Doug Knudson 

 

Remember--Silver Thread clubs meet tomorrow (Tuesday), with pot-luck dinner at 6:30 and business meeting fun at 7:00 at the Community Center.

 

11 hikers went about 5 miles round trip on 616 and 617. 

Surrounded by piñon pines, currants, and Jamesia shrubs at the start, we made it up among the Ponderosas, Douglas-firs, and aspens for lunch.

 

Gail models latest food fashion visor

 

 

Pinyon pine with a good distant view.

 

Longest lunch log in a long time.

 

The green team.

 

Looking south toward a future hike--when that snow on Del Norte Peak disappears, we'll go for the top on a Tuesday--probably in June.

It's just across the Rio Grande Valley from today's hike, up at 12,400'.  That'll get your heart pumping. 

ATV Ride

There will be an ATV ride Tuesday, April 17. Meet at the visitor center at 9 AM.

 

George Powell, president

Silverthreaders Club

Silverthread Outdoor Recreation Club

PO Box 343

South Fork, CO. 81154-0343

H 719-873-5902

C 719-850-0080

Email ghp0181@gmail.com

 

Cross Creek Trail

We had a good day today. We cleared and repaired about 2 miles of Cross Creek trail. We even found some snow.

 

 

George Powell, president

Silverthreaders Club

Silverthread Outdoor Recreation Club

PO Box 343

South Fork, CO. 81154-0343

H 719-873-5902

C 719-850-0080

Email ghp0181@gmail.com

 

Monthly Meeting

The monthly meeting for Silverthreaders Club and the Silverthread Outdoor Recreation Club will be on April 17, at the South Fork Community Center. Potluck meal at 6:30 PM and meeting at 7. Guests are welcome, so bring a friend. Hope to see you there.

 

George Powell, president

Silverthreaders Club

Silverthread Outdoor Recreation Club

PO Box 343

South Fork, CO. 81154-0343

H 719-873-5902

C 719-850-0080

Email ghp0181@gmail.com

 

ATV Ride

We had a good ride today. We had to chip ice to fill in the cracks and remove a large object blocking the trail. It was a good day though.

We had to fill in the crack.

They found out it thaws from the bottom and is hollow underneith.

3 ATVs with winches and a little ice chiping and these folks were very happy.

 

George Powell, president

 

Cyclone Mountain Hike

Monday we hiked towards Cyclone Mountain east of South Fork.  The further we hiked the higher we climbed for a total round trip of about 4 miles. The vistas of Del Norte Peak and surrounding mountains were fabulous. The weather could not have been better for a springtime hiking. Join us next Monday for another hike, meet at the Visitor Center at 9AM.Bob, Bonnie, Maybelle, Connie, Wayne, Linda ,Pat, Barbara & Doug.

Looking at Del Norte Peak

Pat, Linda and Maybelle almost at our rest stop.

Doug, it got very steep here.

Pat

Linda, Wayne and Maybelle

Lloyd, Doug, Pat and Bonnie

Connie looking for a lunch perch.

Bennett Peak

ATV Ride

It is here. The first ATV ride for the summer. Meet 9 AM, Tuesday, April 10 at the visitor center. We will go to Seitz Creek.

 

George Powell, president

Silverthreaders Club

Silverthread Outdoor Recreation Club

PO Box 343

South Fork, CO. 81154-0343

H 719-873-5902

C 719-850-0080

Email ghp0181@gmail.com

 

Crestone and Baca Photos

 

Sixteen hikers went to Crestone, toured the town, hiked the N Crestone Trail, ate a Bliss-ful lunch, greeted Kelly (formerly of South Fork), and visited various spiritual, educational, and residential spots in the Luiz Maria Baca land grant. This beautiful trail and the creek are worth a return visit.

 

Next week--back to 9 a.m. starting time from the South Fork Visitor Center on Monday morning.

We'll probably hike on a dry road or trail near town, assuming it's available.

 

14 of 16  N Crestone Cr. hikers

 

The clean knee approach

 

Vajra Vidya Bud.Retr.Cent.

 

Welcoming Buddha (other)

 

Stupa

Stupa 

Window 1 CarmelitoChapel