The Colorado Fourteeners Initiative (CFI) is seeking groups to join us in preserving Colorado’s 14,000' peaks. CFI volunteers and staff have been working hard, completing restoration and sustainable route construction on many of the Fourteeners. However, due to the harsh conditions and number of users on the Fourteeners, continuous maintenance will be critical to the long-term success of CFI’s restoration and construction efforts. CFI’s Adopt-a-Peak Program was developed to ensure that Fourteener routes and restoration projects receive the regular maintenance needed to prevent future problems and promote full recovery from past impacts.
What is the Adopt-a-Peak Program
Through the Adopt-a-Peak Program, partnering groups will help maintain their chosen Fourteener by providing funds and/or hosting annual work projects. The work projects include:
- Regular maintenance of the standard route
- Repairing structures that have deteriorated
- Restoring new impacts as they develop and old impacts that are not recovering well
Adopt Groups recruit volunteers for their projects and bring at least 10 people for a minimum of two days of work on their adopted peak.
How to become an Adopt Group
If your group is interested in adopting a peak, whether you have a specific peak in mind or not, please contact Greg Seabloom, at 303.278.7650 or greg@14ers.org.
CFI Adopt-a-Peak Groups
Grays and Torreys Peaks
128 volunteer days since 2007
Mt. Evans
8 volunteer days since 2009
CHELEY COLORADO CAMPS
Grays & Torreys Peaks
96 volunteer days since 2004
COLORADO COLLEGE NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION
La Plata Peak, Mt. Elbert, Missouri Mtn., Mt. Massive,
Wetterhorn Peak, Mt. Shavano, Huron Peak, Mt. Yale, Uncompahgre Peak, Mt. of the Holy Cross, Mt. Harvard
646 volunteer days since 2006
COLORADO YALE ASSOCIATION
Mt. Yale
41 volunteer days since 2005
HARDROCK HUNDRED MILE ENDURANCE RUN
Handies Peak
169 volunteer days since 2004
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY LLC
Mt. Evans
134 volunteer days since 2004