Summer 2013 IPF Newsletter - Independence Pass Foundation

Linda Fieth Photo
Restoring the Ecology & Original beauty of Independence Pass
Newsletter of the
InDEPEnDEnCE PASS FOUnDATIOn
Summer 2013
The Old Pioneer
By Paul Andersen
Editor’s Note: On March 20, David Hiser and Paul Andersen
Pioneer, “and I am the first man that ever put a foot in the
valley
of the Roaring Fork. I passed down this valley
shared highlights, in photos and words, of their soon to be
in
the
summer
of 1850, and I feel confident that no white
released book with an audience of IPF supporters at the home
man had ever been here before.”
of Joyce and Bill Gruenberg. Their presentation informed and
If the pioneer’s words were true, he made the
delighted their listeners. Titled The High Road to Aspen: The
crossing 20 years before the Hayden Survey team, when
History of Independence Pass, their book relates the history of
the Utes were still supreme in Colorado, when the land
Independence Pass and its role in the settlement of Aspen and
west of the Divide was pure wilderness. Stunned by his
the roaring Fork Valley in the 1880s. The book will be pubclaim, the reporter asked about the old man’s origins.
lished within the next several months by Paul Andersen, David
“I
was born in Spencer County, Kentucky, but I left home
Hiser, Curt Carpenter, and Michael Stranahan of ErG Press.
young
and have been a wanderer ever since. I have no
The following excerpt describes an encounter with perhaps
kindred ties in the world that I know of, and I reckon if I
the first documented white man to cross Independence Pass.
had, they would not be very proud of me because I ain’t
dventurers crossing Independence Pass in the late
no beauty, to say the least of it.”
1870s reported seeing blazes on trees they guessed
Onlookers had gathered to listen to the aged relic,
were from the 1860s. There was one earlier claim by
and someone invited him to take a drink, as the reporter
a man thought to have been one of the earliest white men
noted: “He rose from his seat on the beer keg and
to cross Independence Pass. He is known in history simply
shambled into the bar, where he swallowed a glassful of
as the “Old Pioneer”.
whiskey.” “Ah, that makes one almost feel young again,”
Painting
by
Jack
Roberts
According to an article in
muttered the old man.
The Aspen Times, September
The Old Pioneer might
1885, he was described as
have been spinning a yarn,
“a poor, old, dilapidatedbut there was something
looking specimen of
earnest about him,
humanity, with tattered
something authentic in his
clothes that had seen a good
bearing and his words.
many summers and several
This living link to a dim
winters.” He was noticed
history was given
sitting on a beer keg in front
immortality by a reporter
of a Cooper Street saloon.
with a lead pencil and a
“His hair was uncombed, his
pad of paper on an
beard long and shaggy. He
autumn day in Aspen.
looked, indeed, to be Rip Van
“Life has nothing left
Winkle. His friendless look
for him,” the newsman
of desolate demeanor
wistfully concluded. “He
was such as to soften a
is simply waiting to be
This painting by Jack roberts shows early pioneers dragging
supplies over the Pass. The first real road over Independence
newspaperman’s heart.”
called, when he will lay
Pass was built in 1880-81 by B. Clark Wheeler, one of Aspen's
The curious reporter
his aged bones to rest
most
prominent boosters and businessmen. For over 50 years,
began his interview with the
among the rocks and
roberts, who died in 2000, translated the spirit of the West into
usual question: “Who are
crags that have been
art. His work can be seen locally at the Glenwood Hot Springs
you?” “My name is Henry
his companions for all
Lodge, Glenwood Springs, and the redstone Castle, redstone.
Gleason,” replied the Old
these years.”
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Mother nature Favors
19th Annual ride for the Pass!
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Gail Holstein Photo
n enthusiastic group of several hundred riders
turned out on May 18 to renew a tradition that is
almost two decades old -- the Independence Pass
Foundation’s annual “Ride for the Pass.” After a 16-year
record of fair weather on Ride day, this yearly excursion
up the Pass, without the presence of automobile traffic,
was cancelled in 2011 and 2012 due to snow and rain that
would have caused unacceptable hazards for bicyclists.
This year the weather cooperated!
The Ride benefits the Foundation’s ongoing efforts
to restore the original beauty and ecological integrity
of the Independence Pass corridor. We are grateful to the
businesses, volunteers and the more than 300 bicyclists
who contributed to and participated in the Ride.
Judith Olesen Photos
Judith Olesen Photo
Thank You Ride for the Pass Sponsors!
The 19th Annual Ride for the Pass took place May 18, 2013
under partially sunny skies, breaking the two-year jinx of
cancellations due to snow. Hundreds of riders enjoyed the Ride
and the party that followed at the Sky Hotel. The Ride is only a
race if riders want it to be. There are two starting times--one for
competitive riders and one for recreational. Middle photo: IPF
could not present the Ride without the assistance of community
volunteers, including members of the IPF Board of Directors.
Lower left: Stuart Edgerly (Ieft) and Mike Maple (right)
congratulate Jacques “Frenchy” Houot on placing first in his age
group (70+). Stuart and Mike are the enthusiastic announcers
of winners of Ride drawing prizes every year. Lower right: Linda
Loeschen was the lucky winner of the women's bike.
Montane Sponsors ($1,000)
Alpine Bank
Jacolyn & John Bucksbaum
Community Banks Aspen
Environmental Logistics of Colorado
Figi Water/Resnick Family Fnd.
Forrest Painting & Decorating
Robert Pew
Yenter Companies
Forest Sponsors ($500)
Aspen Earthmoving
Aspen Orthopaedics
Best Sign Systems/Interior Specialties
Earthwise Horticultural
Frias Properties
Hillbuilders
Holy Cross Electric
Marmot
George Mead
Mead Witter Fnd.
Neil-Garing Insurance
Pagni Lawn
Pine Tree Players
Robert Purvis/Chinook Charitable Fnd.
Reese Henry & Co.
Ski.com
Ute Mountaineer
King Woodward
Meadow Sponsors ($250)
39 Degrees/Sky Hotel
ABCD Soderberg
Anonymous Donor
Aspen Associates
Aspen Snowmass Sotheby’s
Internatl. Realty
Aspen Sports
Aspen Tree Service
Aspen Velo
Axe Trucking
Balcomb & Green
Basalt Bike & Ski
Bethel Party Rentals
Claudia & Kirk Beattie
Bishop Plumbing & Heating
Blazing Adventures
Boogie’s Aspen
David J. Borchers, M.D.
Bob Camp
Donna & Dr. Stephen Chase
Dexter & Dennis Cirillo
City Market
City of Aspen
Clark’s Market
Colorado Wildlife Science
Paul D’Amato & Beth Cashdan
Eagle Crest Nursery
Debbi & Steve Falender
Fly Cyclery
Boots Ferguson/Holland & Hart
Fuller Consulting Services
Garfield & Hecht
Good Earth Landscaping
Joyce & Bill Gruenberg
H3 Architects/Heidi Hoffmann
High Mountain Taxi
Hill Builders, Inc.
Gail & Phil Holstein
Charles Hopton
Hotel Jerome
David Hyman & Barbara Reid
Niki & Rodney Jacobs
KAJX
KKCH JACK FM
KNFO
Carol Ann & Don Kopf
KSPN
Tracie & Larry Kugler
Bruce L. Lee/The Rockwood
Charitable Trust
Lone Pine Construction
Main Street Bakery & Cafe
Merrill Lynch
Mt. Daly Landscaping
Oates, Knezevich, Gardenswartz,
Kelly, & Morrow, PC
Obermeyer Asset Management
Paradise Bakery
Peczuh Printing
Hensley & James Peterson
Pleasant Avenue Nursery
Reese Henry & Co.
Barbara Reid & David Hyman
RFTA
Ryan Investment Management
Sandy’s Office Supply
Schmueser Gordon Meyer
The UPS Store
Timberline Bank
T-Lazy-7
Valley Lumber
Vectra Bank
Jeff Webster Consulting
Wilderness Workshop
The Independence Pass Foundation
Appreciates All of Our Generous Supporters!
October 5, 2012 - July 31, 2013
SUMMIT PARTNERS
($100,000 & ABOVE)
Anonymous Donors
City of Aspen
Colorado Dept. of Transportation
Pitkin County
U.S. Forest Service
Gail W. & Phil Holstein (2)
STREAM FRIENDS ($100-$249)
David Hyman & Barbara P. Reid (2) Barbara Andre
Bruce L. Lee, Rockwood Charitable Peter Anzalone & Angeles Torres
Trust (2), In Loving Memory of
Gayle M. & Jonathan Armytage, In
Our Father, John Landon Lee
Memory of Ivan Petkov
Judith & Brian Olesen
Aspen Elks Lodge #224
Hensley & James Peterson (2)
Edgar F. Barber
Anne Rickenbaugh
Amy & Neal Beidleman
SUMMIT SUSTAINERS
Kate & Chris Roberts, Dubose
Chuck Bellock, Bellock Construction
($12,095 OVER 5 YEARS)
Family Fnd.
Barbara & Bruce Berger, In Honor of
Catto Charitable Fnd.
Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock
Dennis Cirillo’s Birthday
Alison J. & Boniface A. Zaino
Gillian V. & Robert Steel,
Bruce Berger
Robert K. Steel Family Fnd.
Catherine M. & Carl Bergman
SUB-ALPINE FRIENDS ($2,500-$4,999)
Ruth & Bob Wade,
Jeremy M. Bernstein, In Memory of
RCG Fund, In Memory of Richard C.
Ute Mountaineer (4)
Ramona Markalunas
Goldstein
Cynthia Wayburn, In Memory of
Diana H. Beuttas
Heather Hopton
Karen Irene Bisset & Robert Barnes
MONTANE FRIENDS ($1,000-$2,499)
Susan Webb De Saint Phalle
Donna L. Blackmon & Timothy W.
Jacolyn & John Bucksbaum (2)
Jerome P. Webster, Jr.
McGuire, Jr.
Laurel & John Catto, Catto
King Woodward (2)
Rita & Irwin Blitt
Family Fnd.
George R. Zachar & Nancy R. Lazar Valerie A. Borthwick, In Memory of
Janet F. Clark
Don Borthwick
Christin Cooper & Mark Tache (2)
MEADOW FRIENDS ($250-$499)
Katherine Bulkley
Marcia A. Corbin, Corbin
Smoky Anderson & Owen Dennehy, Melva Bucksbaum
Family Fund
Smoky Anderson, Inc.
Bob Camp, In Honor of Bob Wade &
Bernice & Loyal Durand
His Contributions as
Mark Brown & Stephen F. Brint, M.D.
Cinda & Donnelley Erdman,
IPF Board President
Bob
Camp
(3)
The Erdman Family Fnd.
William E. Campbell
Debbi & Steve Falender
Casady M. Henry, In Honor of
Martin G. & Ruth A. Carver Fnd.
Darlynn & Tom Fellman
Kristen Henry
Mary
Ann Coates
Boots
Ferguson,
Holland
&
Hart
Juliane Heyman
Janice & Charles T. Collins
Sally & Jon Kovler, Blum-Kovler Fnd. Ginna & Timothy Francis
Dr. & Mrs. Shannon Cox
Fuller Consulting Services
Ernst & Wilma Martens Fnd.
James L. Curtis, Curtis Associates (2)
Lillian Fuller
George W. Mead II (3)
Frances & Fredric Davies
Gina Pogliano & Bayard Sheldon, In Joyce & Bill Gruenberg (2)
D.
Stone Davis & Lynn Russell
Heidi
H.
Hoffmann,
HHH
Architects
Honor of Kristen Henry
Helen Buchanan Davis, HSD
Katie & Rob Holton, Lilly Christy
Jeffry Anthony Pogliano, In Honor
Charitable Trust
Busch Hermann Charitable Fnd.,
of Kristen Henry
Marian
Lyeth Davis
In
Honor
of
Ian
Mclendon,
Mary Jo & Michael Pogliano, In
Jaclynn D. & Dean Derosier, In Honor
Independence Pass Outfitting Co.
Honor of Kristen Henry
of Wolf & Nancy Gensch
Marianne & Richard Kipper
Dianne B. & David J. Stern
Mary S. Dominick & Sven Coomer
Carmen G. & Jeffrey M. Kobacker
Ron Thompson
Beverly M. & Shelley B. Don
Tracie L. & Larry B. Kugler
Ruth & Bob Wade,
Deborah
R. & Jerome P. Epstein
Donnie
Lee,
The
Gant
Ute Mountaineer (5)
Paul F. Fee
Mary E. Schmidt Libby &
The Charles R. Wall Trust
Ingegard Kampe Fehr
Russell C. Libby
Mary & Hugh D. Wise III, The
Katherine
& Alan Fox
Peter
A.
Looram
Flunison Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew McCullough, Jr. Dorothy Frommer
Jennifer A. Woodward
Larry G. Fullmer, In Honor of Richard
David Newberger
Jeffrey J. Zander
& Sarah Shaw
Jan & Jim Patterson
Barbara B. Guy, In Memory of Mary
Brooke A. Peterson & Diane T.
FOREST FRIENDS ($500-$999)
Goodrich
Peterson Advised Fund at Aspen
Andrew S. Allan
Kathryn G. Hannay (2), In Memory of
Community Fnd.
Barbara Allen, Pine Tree Players (2)
Will Hastings
Karen & Harry Andrews, Andrews Catherine Porter & James T. Fuller III
Blake
Hansen
Marcia
&
Philip
Rothblum
Fnd.
Family Fnd.
Linda D. Harlan
Advised Fund at Aspen
Aspen Snowmass Sotheby’s
Hugh S. Hatcher
Community Fnd.
Internatl. Realty, Ski for the Pass
The Susan & Ford Schumann Fnd. Jennifer L. & David S. Hollander
Leigh & Al Buettner, Buettner
Richard Horvitz & Erica
Sean Sebastian
Family Fund
Hartman-Norvitz Fnd.
Melissa A. Shennan
Robert Camp (2)
Patricia & Stephen Kanipe
Dawn & Russell Smyth
Paul D'Amato & Beth Cashdan (2)
Alexis & Steven Spiritas, In Memory of Diane & Jack Kennedy
Estamar Trust, Gift of Trees
Sue & Albert Kern
Felix & Lenore Pogliano
Katie L. Etienne
Wiliam L. Stirling, In Memory of
Sue S. & Alfred J. Kobak, M.D.
Joan Kuyper Farver Fnd.
Suzanne & Robert A. Kriscunas, In
Katharine Thalberg
Roberta P. & James R. Gates
Memory of Skip Stock,
Emily A. & Stewart E. Tabin, In
Mary F. & James W. Griffith, Jr.
Our Friend & Outdoorsman
Honor of Paul Ruid
Margot B. Hampleman
Hal Waughtal, Lynbrook Partners, Ltd. Shirley & Stanley Kritzik Donor
Kristen Henry (2), In Honor of
Ed Barber
Advised Fund
Donna M. & Paul A. Yeoham
Katherine & James B. Kurtz
Tracy & Glen Larner, Joe Levit
Family Fnd.
Elaine & Robert LeBuhn, In Honor of
King Woodward
Marianne E. & William A. Lederer
William M. Lee, Jr.
Lee Investments
David G. Levin
Melony & Adam J. Lewis
Carol & William Lightstone
Judith Hill Lovins & Amory Lovins
Howie Mallory, In Honor of the
Howie Mallory Family
Dan & Tita McCarty Advised Fund
at Aspen Community Fnd.
Allison D. & Dick Meeker
Carolyn & Thomas Moore
Martha S. Moran &
James A. Kirschvink
Margaret Ann Mullins
Robert B. Murray
Pamela & Richard L. Musso
Ann K. & James M. Nadon
David Negri
Judy & Werner E. Neuman
Patricia M. & Kirk M. Nevins
Bette D. Oakes, Roaring Fork
Market Place
Blanca & J. Cavanaugh O'Leary
Ruth Owens
Buzz Patten
Melinda & Dr. Norman C. Payson
Frank S. Peters &
Marjory M. Musgrave
Katherine Avilla Peterson
Bernard R. Phillips
Cyrena N. & Lee G. Pondrom
Aron Ralston
Jordan H. Rednor &
Elizabeth P. Schneider, M.D.
Mary Ellen & Peter Rogers
Margaret T. & Dwayne Romero (2),
In Memory of Ramona Markalunas
Mary Salton, In Memory of
Heather Hopton
James E. Scull, In Memory of
Jessie Morss
June Simmons
Carol U. & Daniel G. Sisler
Lauren Solomon
Kathy Hansen Sweeney &
Edward Sweeney
Taylor Fnd.
Dr. Nancy G. Thomas &
Roger E. Davis
Mr. & Mrs. James M. Trapp
Steven Vanderleest
Marguerite M. VillaSanta, Dr. Frank C.
Marino Fnd.
P.J. Wallace
Joan S. & Michael W. Walters
Rebecca C. & Craig G. Ward
Dr. Robert E. Wilson, In Memory of
Linda Jean Wilson
Judith L. Zanin, Zanin Family Fnd.
Cecelia & David Zumwinkle
Robert L. Zupancis, In Memory of
Tony Pezko & Louis Zupancis
MORAINE FRIENDS ($1-$99)
Inez Allen
Martha Ames & Stephen C. Hach
Marjorie G. Bardeen
Dina C. Belmonte
Pat & Doug Bergeron
Susan Bernard
Dieter Bibbig
Linda C. Binder
Melinda H. & Thomas C. Blue
Mac Boelens & Mary Upton,
Aztec One
Kurt G. Bresnitz
Linda K. & Robert D. Brining
Bobbi Carson
Terry P. & Stephen H. Casey
Trish Chew, In Memory of
Cynthia Curlee
Johanna B., M.D. & Donald
Chookaszian
Janet L. & Ned Cochran
Pamela T. & Kevin P. Collins
Susan & Michael E. Davidoff
Josephine E. Dolinsek
Sally Skaggs Faison &
Christopher M. Faison
Mary Lou & Joseph W. Farrell III,
Mark Kavasch & Susan D. Lau
Sunrise Carpet Cleaning, Inc.
Mary Jo Kimbrough &
Susan E. & William R. Frensley
James D. Harrison
The Ephraim F. Gildor Fnd.,
Gwyn Gordon Knowlton
Ride for the Pass
Wendy L. Larson
Randy Gold & Dawn Shepard
Robert D. Leatherman &
Thorey & Barry J. Goldstein
N. Kathryn Pitner
Margot L. Graham
Denison S. Levy
Joyce Kennish Greenhaus &
Janis Lindsey & George Huggins
Shelley Greenhaus
Kathleen A. Mann
Helene Gude
Robert McClain
Janet Guthrie
Elizabeth & Graeme Means
Marian I. Hammond
Cliff Mohwinkel
Georgia & Andy Hanson
David Muckenhirn
Sheryl & Richard A. Herrington, M.D. Marjory Musgrave & Frank Peters,
Ann V. Hodges
Ski for the Pass
Philip R. Hodgson
Pamela & Richard L. Musso
Stanley A. Hoffberger
Elizabeth & George Newman
Cynthia M. Houben, Ride for the Pass Virginia & Rick Newton
Katherine U. Hubbard
Scott Ormond, Ride for the Pass
Ellen & William O. Hunt,
Bruce R. Parlette
Floreat Fnd.
Fonda & Charles Paterson
Rita Hunter
Marti & Bill Pausback
Betty A. & Herbert L. Jacobs, M.D. Grislaine Polak
Deborah M. Jones &
Gabrielle & Bob Rafelson
John Katzenberger
Ken Ransford
Gideon I. Kaufman
Rachel E. Richards
Nancy & Sanford Richman,
Richman-Zalko Family Fnd.
Valerie Richter
Susan & John Rothchild, Charles A.
& Molly Berns Family Fnd.
Heather & Ned Ryerson
Lois & Thomas C. Sando
Clare & Marius Sanger
Janet K. Schoeberlein
Judith J. Schramm
Sam Shamie
Carolyn S. & Richard Shohet
Sandra E. Simpson & Don Davidson
Steven J. Skadron
Connie L. & David F. Spence
Ned Sullivan
William F. Stutts, Jr.
Anne & Mike Tierney, Aspen Solar
Mark Tye
Donna Miller Ward &
R. Thomas Ward
Beth & Pierre Wille, Tyrolean Lodge
Nina Coulter Ware
Marilyn Wilmerding
Edie & George B. Wombwell
IPF restores An
Eroding & Unsightly Gully
T
Mark Fuller Photo
Mark Fuller Photo
he Independence Pass Foundation
engaged Aspen Earthmoving in July
to restore a large washout near Mile
Marker 57 on the Pass, where an unsightly
gully has been steadily growing. Before the
restoration work began, the gully area had
grown to about 90-feet-long, 15- to 18-feetdeep and 30-feet-wide at the roadside edge.
Undermining native vegetation and
spilling dirt and rocks onto the road, the
gully washed out in a particularly wet
spring several years ago. Seepage from
the hillside caused it to grow gradually
since then.
“This project has been on our ‘wish list’
for some time, and this year we were able
to include it in our summer work projects,”
said Executive Director Mark Fuller.
“Visitors to the area will now see an
attractive hillside along the shoulder
of the road where there was once an ugly
scar on the land.”
Restoration included reinforcing the
slope with geotextile material, stabilizing
the area with drainage structures, and
filling the gully with compacted gravel
and large rocks. The Foundation will also
revegetate the entire area with native
grasses and trees to restore habitat and
maintain natural contours.
Aspen Earthmoving was IPF’s major
contractor in building the native rock
retaining walls that lie just below the
summit on the western side.
Placing rocks with extraordinary precision, Aspen Earthmoving trackhoe
operator fills the gully at Mile Marker 57 with rocks and compacted gravel.
IPF will revegetate the entire area.
Volunteers Contribute Over 47,000 Hours & Help Beautify the Pass!
E
ssential to the work of the Independence Pass Foundation, volunteers assist with a variety of projects. Left photo: On
July 17, David Clark and Lisa Ruberti and IPFBoard member Boots Ferguson were among the group of volunteers
who helped plant lodgepole pine seedlings in a “tree nursery” at the Lincoln Creek Campground. Upper right
photo: On June 5, sisters Lily and Kate ? last name, along with IPF Board member Heidi Hoffmann, worked with
Executive Director Mark Fuller to plant 50 Lodgepole Pine seedlings where?
SEEDLING & SAPLING TREES
PLANTED,1997-2012:
Aspen
2,473
Lodgepole Pine
9,275
Englemann Spruce
2,910
Subalpine Fir
2,802
Miscellaneous
519
TOTAL TREES:
17,979
NATIvE ShRubS,
WILDfLOWERS & GRASSES:
TOTAL PLANTINGS:
9,324
27,303
Plus approximately 161 lbs. of native grass seed
and locally collected wildflower seed.
vOLuNTEER & DONATED LAbOR, 1997-2012:
19,342 hrs.
Buena Vista Correctional Facility
7,510
Colorado Department of Transportation
212
County
Pitkin
1,760
U.S. Forest Service
10
Aspen Earthmoving
5,975
School Groups (Aspen Middle & High Schools,
Aspen Country Day School, & Buena Vista High School)
Other Groups (Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, 4,487
Aspen Historical Society, For the Forest, & Plant Trees 4 Life)
5,610
Individuals
1,567
&
Center
Youth
Aspen
(including
Groups
Youth
Various
America’s Adventures Camps)
784
Sierra Club
TOTAL vOLuNTEER & DONATED hOuRS:
47,257
n Compost Blanket Installation. Our compost blanket
work along the Top Cut on the west side of the Pass will
resume in late summer with the installation of a new
blanket below the road. This year we will include biochar,
a charcoal-flake product, with the compost to help with
moisture retention and carbon availability.
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2013 Work is Underway!
very year the Independence Pass Foundation takes
advantage of the window of opportunity between when
the snow melts from the hillsides on the Pass to when
autumn snows prevent further work on our diverse projects.
Here are some of the projects that are underway this season.
n Snow Fence Debris Cleanup. We expect the U.S. Forest
Service mule team to return this year to collect and pack
out small snow fence debris (rebar stakes, cable, nuts, and
bolts) from the ridgelines surrounding the Pass as they did
last year. In addition, our inmate crews will work to sort
and stack snow fence “leftovers” in Mountain Boy Gulch
east of the summit so that material can be removed in
future years.
n Lake Creek Trailhead. We began work at the Lake
Creek Trailhead just east of the summit of the Pass in 2012,
and we will continue to improve this site in 2013 with regrading of the entry road and plantings aimed at restoring
the native plant community. Degraded by overuse, this
popular area is in dire need of attention.
The Independence Pass Foundation
is grateful to The Thrift Shop of Aspen
for its generous grant of $5,000 in
support of the IPF Newsletter.
n Linkins Lake Overlook. The overlook just below the
Linkins Lake Trailhead has been significantly improved
over the last two years, and will be completed this year
with the addition of informational signs in several
locations. We invite all visitors to the Pass to stop at this
attractive turnout and take a moment to appreciate the
beauty and history of Independence Pass.
n Summit Trail Rehabilitation. Visitors to the Pass
summit may recall the old road that starts at the paved
summit path and takes hikers along the Continental
Divide south of the parking lot. This year IPF is planning a
maintenance project that will reduce the size of that road
to a single-track walking path while reclaiming and
re-planting areas that have been damaged by overuse.
n Digital Updates and Social Media. IPF is committed to
communicating its mission and activities through a variety
of means, including social media such as Facebook,
Twitter and YouTube. We have established a Facebook
page and joined Twitter (@IndPassFound), and we are creating short videos this summer aimed at spreading our
message across those platforms. Follow us to get the latest
information of our projects and happenings on the Pass.
INDEPENDENcE PASS fOuNDATION
David Hyman, President n Kristen Henry, Vice President
Debbi Falender, Secretary n Paul D’Amato, Treasurer
Directors: Boots Ferguson, Bill Gruenberg,
Heidi H. Hoffmann, Gail W. Holstein, Bob Wade,
James Peterson, & King r. Woodward
Mark Fuller, Executive Director
Judith Olesen, Development Director
Trish Chew, Bookkeeper
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