Western Slope Adventurers

Register on CMC, not meetup. Walk-ins welcome:
https://www.cmc.org/community/front-range-groups/western-slope-group/events/western-slope-group-2026-annual-dinner

Come join us for a fun-filled evening of trivia and give-aways!
Evening Schedule:

• 4:30pm: Socializing
• 5pm: Dinner / potluck
• 6pm: Annual meeting
• 6:30pm: Tom's presentation
• 7:30pm: Evening conclusion

Bring a dish to share (appetizer, main, side dish, dessert) and serving utensil if needed. BYOBeverage.
IF YOU ARE A CMC MEMBER, PLEASE LOGIN TO REGISTER.
CMC members $10, Guests/nonmembers $15.

Tom Maceyka grew up in Colorado, and after doing his first 14er at age 12 with his dad, the experience propelled him on a life-time obsession of climbing rock, ice, alpinism, and mountaineering from Alaska to Peru, Nepal, Pakistan and many places in between. He will share serious and humorous times from his nearly 60 years in the pursuit of trying to always get better and emulate his heroes.
The friendships that have been built and relied upon, have allowed him to continue enjoying the outdoors.

Do not register via meetup, register via CMC. No walk-ins:
https://www.cmc.org/community/front-range-groups/western-slope-group/course-templates-1/avalanche-terrain-avoidance-hybrid-course-for-cmc-leadership-cmc-state/avy-awareness-avalanche-terrain-avoidance-wsg-2026

In order to AVOID avalanche terrain, you must be capable of RECOGNIZING IT. This is why you take Avalanche Aware.
This hybrid course consists of an online seminar that must be completed prior to the field day Jan 17 in CoAssemble, a 3-hour classroom review/tools training session, and a 4-hour field day. All three components are required for students who want to learn how to recognize and avoid avalanche terrain.

• After registering, you will receive access to the online portion of the course. Upon signing up you will also select an in-person classroom session and field day (Jan 17).
• The online portion of the course must be completed at least 10 days before the in-person session.

Our Learning Objectives are:

• Understand why Colorado has the most dangerous avalanche conditions in the US.
• Learn what an avalanche is and what factors contribute to an avalanche.
• Understand and apply current avalanche forecast.
• Recognize & avoid avalanche hazards.
• Use tools for planning a successful trip.
• Learn from case studies of an avalanche accident.
• You will learn to use on-line slope-shading tools in mapping applications that will allow you to plan trips which avoid avalanche terrain. As part of this training we will do a short review on how to read a topographic map. Being able to read maps is critical to the content of the materials presented.
• You will learn how to use slope meters to assess slope angles in the field which allow you to visually identify avalanche terrain
• Cost: $45 CMC members, $75 nonmembers.