Leave No Trace – http://www.lnt.org – Check out the web site of LNT and learn some important minimum impact hiking tips.
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado (VOC) – http://www.voc.org- Colorado’s premier outdoor volunteer organization, provides access to the clearinghouse for volunteer opportunities state wide.
Outward Bound West – http://www.obwest.org- Check out the Outward Bound West web site to learn about their world class outdoors expeditions.
Rocky Mountain Field Institute – http://www.rmfi.org – RMFI’s web site describes their post-graduate academic courses and volunteer programs.
Colorado Mountain Club – http://www.cmc.org- CMC’s web site will tell you all you need to know about Colorado’s largest and oldest hiking club.
Fourteener Sites of Interest
14ers.com – http://www.14ers.com – Detailed information on Colorado’s Fourteeners, including route descriptions, trip reports, peak photos, and more. It also features an active and targeted forum.
Summit Post – http://www.summitpost.com – Route descriptions, pictures, and information on Colorado’s Fourteeners, as well as other peaks around the world.
14erWorld.com – http://www.fourteenerworld.com- Active, subscription-based forum with information about Colorado’s Fourteeners, including trip reports and up-to-date betas.
San Juan Mountains Association, “Chicago Basin Trip Planning Guide” – http://www.sjma.org – Check this site for details on how to plan a trip to Chicago Basin, as well as for additional details on the San Juans.
Other Sites of Interest
Colorado Natural Heritage Program – http://www.cnhp.colostate.edu
Colorado Native Plant Society – http://www.conps.org/conps.html
Colorado Outdoor Recreation Search and Rescue (CORSAR) Card – http://dola.colorado.gov/dlg/fa/sar/sar_purchase.html
National Plants Database – http://plants.usda.gov/plants/index.html
Society for Ecological Restoration – http://www.ser.org
Southwest Colorado Wildflowers – http://swcoloradowildflowers.com/index.php#top
Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) – http://www.goco.org
Colorado State Parks – http://parks.state.co.us[
Colorado Division of Wildlife – http://wildlife.state.co.us
USDA Forest Service –
http://www.fs.fed.us
Bureau of Land Management – http://www.blm.gov
National Park Service – http://www.nps.gov
Outdoor Recreation Information Center (ORIC) – http://www.oriconline.org
Colorado Outdoor Training Initiative – http://www.nttp.net/coti
Colorado Avalanche Information Center – http://avalanche.state.co.us/
Forest Service National Avalanche Center – http://www.fsavalanche.org
Colorado Mountain Snowpack maps – http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov
Weather Underground – http://www.wunderground.com
National Weather Service – http://www.crh.noaa.gov
Wilderness First Responder courses (First Lead) – http://www.firstlead.com
CPR Training (Red Cross) –
http://www.denver-redcross.org/classes/classes.asp”
NOLS Wilderness First Aid Courses –
http://www.nols.edu/wmi/courses/schedule.shtml#wfa_wfr_recert