"Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it" -- Andy Rooney

Please join us for the next adventure - it could be hiking, snowshoeing, a full moon hike, rafting, a hut trip, or maybe an evening of indoor rock climbing. This group was primarily started to be a hiking and snowshoeing group for all abilities, but has expanded to include all the events just mentioned.

This group is for hikers and adventurers of all abilities, from Beginner to Advanced. We will try our best to provide a wide variety of hikes to accommodate all abilities. Although a majority of our hikes are in Rocky Mountain National Park and in the Poudre Canyon where there are hundreds of trails, we do try and schedule several hikes up Colorado's 14'ers during the summer months. We welcome outdoor adventurers from all the surrounding areas including Loveland, Estes Park, Fort Collins, Longmont, Cheyenne, and Denver.

The Northern Colorado Adventurers activities may involve certain risks inherent with the activities that we do such as hiking, snowshoeing, rock climbing, rafting, canoeing and other adventures. You must post a clearly identifiable photo of yourself to be accepted as a member in order for us to know who you are since we almost always carpool. All membership is subject to verification over the phone or in person at one of the events.

One of the intentions of this group is to have members that are active, keep the size of the meetup events at a reasonable number based on the number of organizers leading each event, and to develop friendships and camaraderie. In order to accomplish this and make it effective, all members are required to attend at least one event every 6 months. This helps the organizers keep familiar with the needs of the members and encourages everyone to be active. All members are encouraged to suggest events to the organizers in order to generate new ideas and continue to allow us to explore new adventures!

Note: 10/16/2011; In August 2011 we opened up the membership of this group to new members. At the same time, we removed members who had not participated in any event in the last 6 months. The net effect of all this is that we are now back up to membership levels where we want to be, given the number of Organizers that we have and keeping the group size of our activities at a reasonable number. Membership to Northern Colorado Adventurers will re-open again in the Spring of 2012.

Mark Howell, Organizer

Northern Colorado Adventurers

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