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Annual Report 2012 1

ANNUAL REPORT 2012

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What a momentous year for the CMC – our centennial! The year was filled with many celebrations. The highlight for me was the celebration at Rocky Mountain National Park in April: Listening

to the wonderful talk by Jerry Caplan about the CMC’s role in the forma-tion of Rocky Mountain National Park; being privileged to accept an award

on behalf of the CMC from the Park; having our picture taken by John Fielder against the back-drop of the Park’s magnificent peaks; and singing happy birthday to the CMC before blowing out the candles – with lots of help from the children present – on our birthday cake.

From the Chief Executive Officer

From the President

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Cover Photo: The Green River in Lodore Canyon in Dinosaur National Monument in NW Colorado. The CMC was pivotal in convincing the Roosevelt Administration to expand Dinosaur National Monument beyond the 100-acre bone quarry in Utah into Colorado to protect the magnificent canyons of the Yampa and Green Rivers. by Scott Braden

T he CMC just finished celebrating our 100th anniversary, and what a

year of celebrations it was. We are now 101 years old. So where do we go from here? The world is very different from when the CMC was first formed, as are the lives of our members. Our mountains have more use and more environmental threats. People are busier than ever before, and recreational interests have changed (mountain biking and slacklining weren’t around 100 years ago!) Members joined

clubs because that was their main social outlet. Well nowadays, membership organizations aren’t as popular as they once were. Our busy lives and scarce dollars are pulled in many directions. That’s why it’s imperative that the next 100 years for the CMC are focused on responding to the needs of the people of Colorado today and preserving our landscapes.

Katie BlackettChief Executive Officer

Alice WhitePresident of the Board of Directors

In 2012, the state board of directors and I finished a year-long process of creating a five-year strategic plan. The main topic? Member satisfaction. We will spend the first year listening to what you have told us about what you love and don’t love about the club. Next we’ll implement programs that you have asked for. Trail running and mountain biking have already been started! The state office and groups will work as a team to make sure our leaders continue to be ambassadors for the club. After all, our volunteer leaders are the lifeblood

of the CMC and we want to make sure they have everything they need to make our members not only satisfied after their trips, but ready for more!

After that we’ll make sure we have a process in place through-out the state to continuously monitor our membership satisfaction rates and respond accordingly.

In theory this sounds simple. The reality is that we can’t do it without you, our biggest supporters and most loyal CMC fans. You make all of this possible. Without your generous support we aren’t able to create new initiatives for the future. We aren’t able to continue working on wilderness designa-tions that sometimes take decades to achieve. We aren’t able to teach mountain recreation to low-income youth. And we could never have created our world-class mountaineering museum without your help.

I thank you for your support, and hope to see you in the mountains!

CMC members also climbed all the acces-sible Fourteeners in Colorado on one day in September. The weather was perfect, so we knew the universe was eager to help them on their way! Some members took videos of their climbs, so now we have not only a movie cel-ebrating the day, but also lots of other footage

and photographs. This is a wonderful legacy to leave the CMC members of the future. Imagine being at the bicentennial celebration, with one of the events being a screening of that movie.

Now we are looking forward to another 100 years. I’m sure the CMC will continue to have high quality schools and training opportunities, as well as many recreation opportunities. But who knows what else the future will bring? We will have many challenges ahead of us, but with help from all of our members, leaders, teachers, staff, and other supporters, I know we’ll be able to meet these challenges.


This annual report describes the activities of theColorado Mountain Club during fiscal year 2012:

October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012

CMC StaffKatie Blackett, CEO

Shelby Arnold, American Mountaineering Museum DirectorScott Braden, Conservation Director Lisa Cashel, Stewardship ManagerChun Chiang, Director of Finance

Kristin D’Epagnier, Development & Marketing CoordinatorSarah Gorecki, Development DirectorChristian Green, Publishing Director

Ryan Johns, Youth Education Program ManagerMelanie Joyce, Youth Education Program Director

Shelby Mattingly, Accounting & Human Resources ManagerJan Monnier, Membership Services Representative

Brenda Porter, Operations DirectorCrystal Reed, Membership Services RepresentativeRachel Scott, Marketing & Membership Director

We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of past staff: Chris Case, Jay Heeter, Fritz Padilla, Meghan Smith, and Alan

Stark.

CMC Officers and DirectorsAlice White, PresidentDebbie Welle-Powell, Vice PresidentDale Hengesbach, TreasurerLauren Schwartz, SecretaryTracy AtkinsGeorge BarisasKurt BartleyKevin DuncanLou FabianBill LandsbergLinda Lawson

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DonorSpotlightSherry Richardson

21st Century Circle

I’ve been a member of the Colorado Mountain Club since 1988. And I am also a member of the 21st Century Circle.

When I joined the Club in 1988, I was looking for what most of us are looking for – a hiking club. It didn’t take long for me to understand that the Colorado Mountain Club is a lot more than just a hiking club.

In 1997 I pledged to leave a significant gift to the Colorado Mountain Club upon my death and joined the 21st Century Circle. I’m a single woman; I have my own business; and I knew that when I passed, I wasn’t going to have much left in my estate to give a meaningful gift.

Thus, I was very happy to be introduced to the concept of purchasing a life insurance policy and naming the Colorado Mountain Club as the beneficiary. That allowed me to be able to give my meaningful gift to the Club.

It’s a great way for people

like me to have the ability

to leave a legacy gift.

The Colorado Mountain Club is organized to

▶ unite the energy, interest, and knowledge of the students, explorers, and lovers of the mountains of Colorado;

▶ collect and disseminate information regarding the Rocky Mountains on behalf of science, literature, art, and recreation;

▶ stimulate public interest in our mountain areas;

▶ encourage the preservation of forests, flowers, fauna, and natural scenery; and

▶ render readily accessible the alpine attractions of this region.

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2012 was an exceptional year for the Youth Education Program (YEP), which served 7,447 students through its school and individual programs, a higher number than ever before in the program’s history. Through active learning adventures taking place at the American Mountaineering Center and throughout the Front Range, YEP uses our Rocky Mountain backyard to teach kids science and recreation. Through YEP, students have the opportunity to climb a rock face and feel physics

yOuth EDuCAtiOnEmpowering Kids in the Outdoors

ADult EDuCAtiOnThe Foundation of the CMC

Education continues to be a foundation of the CMC. In 2012, hundreds of dedicated volunteers taught courses ranging from Avalanche Terrain Avoidance to Winter Camping. A total of 2,186 adult participants gained new skills to enjoy Colorado’s mountains through 107 different mountain skills courses, includ-ing camping, hiking, wilderness navigation, first aid, fly fishing, rock climbing, ice climbing, backcountry skiing, high altitude mountaineering, peak scrambling, outdoor leadership, natural history, and much more. Wilderness First Aid was a priority this year; the CMC taught courses for the San Juan, Ft. Collins, and El Pueblo Groups.

The Education Department also works behind the scenes to as-sist CMC volunteer instructors to secure special use permits. In 2012, 2,346 permits were secured from the US Forest Service for 27 group schools.

in action as their rock shoes give them the friction they need to move through a challenging section. Groups hike South Table Mountain, and examine landforms and rock layers on their way up to discover the geologic history of the area. Additional classes teach mountain weather, avalanche science, ecology, conservation principles, and the biology and geology of climbing.

In addition to meeting school science standards, YEP classes encourage students to work as a team with their classmates, and to challenge themselves both mentally and physically. Teachers and students alike appreciate the combination of learning and personal growth offered by YEP programs. As one 6th grade teacher said, “At the end of our day our instructor asked our entire group, ‘Who saw someone else do something amazing today?’ It was incredible - every kid’s hand went up. What an empowering experience for kids at all levels.” The success of YEP programs is evidenced by a 75% return rate for our school programs in 2012.

YEP works hard to make the mountains accessible to all youth in the Front Range, and continually reaches out to provide programming to underserved schools and individuals. In the past year 2,707 youth received financial assistance to be able to participate in a YEP program. Providing programs to these kids would not be possible without volunteer help; in the past year our amazing volunteers contributed 589 hours of their time to YEP.

In this age of childhood obesity, nature deficit disorder, and an increasing need for raising kids to become environmental stewards, YEP can be the first step for students to discover their love for the mountains. One urban youth said, following a six-week intensive with YEP: “While I was in the mountains, I realized how beautiful it was. Over where I live, there is mainly just a lot of barren land and few large trees. In the mountains there are tons of beautiful forests and rivers and lakes. Everything there is just pure nature, and it makes me realize just how important preserving these natural features is.”


We started the Centennial year with a “Meet the Authors” roundtable for our Centennial book,100 Years Up High: Colorado Mountains & Mountaineers, on November 1. Jan Robertson, James Fell, Jr., David Hite, Chris Case, and Walt Borneman presented the process of writing the book; discussed key themes of the book, including the founding of Rocky Mountain National Park; answered questions; and signed copies of the book. What an impressive piece of art!

Next up was the Kick-off Celebration, on February 11, at the American Mountaineering Center. After food, wine by Silver Oak Cellars, a fantastic classical band, and tables in the exhibit hall displaying memorabilia from every decade in the club’s history, we headed upstairs to the auditorium to hear a presentation by our keynote speaker, former Denver Post reporter Mark Obmascik, author of Halfway to Heaven: My Whiteknuckled—and Knuckleheaded—Quest for the Rocky Mountain High. We also heard from Colorado’s pre-eminent historian, Tom Noel, who talked about what Colorado was like in 1912, and heard special “time-travel” presentations that featured prominent club members from every decade of the club’s history.

On April 28, we hiked in Estes Park, had famed photographer John Fielder take a member photo, and then ended the evening with live music, food, and beverages, as well as a cake with 100 candles. In total, we had eight CMC Groups represented in Estes Park. Rocky Mountain National Park’s Superintendant, as well as the CEO for the YMCA of the Rockies, presented the CMC with awards for the instrumental work done to make the park a national park, as well as to get the area designated as wilderness. For those folks who weren’t quite ready to end the day, a large bonfire was built to warm those who remained and to serve as a comforting backdrop to recount stories about the past.

CMC’S CEntEnniAl A Year to Remember Smack in the heat of summer, we traveled to Buena Vista for the

Centennial Celebration Festival, on July 21. Nestled in McPhelemy Park, we partied, feasted on a Southwestern buffet with a beautiful birthday cake, danced to the music of a bluegrass band, and slacklined across a river! Many of the CMCers who partied in Buena Vista had hiked in the Collegiate Peaks earlier in the day. Toward the end of the event, the skies opened up and poured rain down on our group for a good half hour. We have a handful of photos with everyone huddled under the covered picnic pavilions, but all with big smiles on their faces.

Who can forget the Colorado 14er Challenge? It was an epic day that took a lot of work by many loyal CMC members to make all of the pieces come together. We had groups hike 14ers who had never done so before. Many of us have hiked a 14er before. But hiking a 14er on a day buzzing with excitement was a new experience. The following day, we celebrated at the Frisco Day Lodge under clear blue skies. Many volunteers took to the mic to tell funny stories and congratulate their teams for summiting.

Thanks to the Pikes Peak Group, our Volunteer Appreciation event on October 20 grew into an open house for the Pikes Peak Group to showcase the club, as well as gain new members. The mayor of Colorado Springs attended the event and welcomed us all to his beautiful city. Morning and afternoon workshops educated us on topics such as snowshoeing, light backpacking, women in mountaineering, hiking 14ers, as well as thru-hiking The Colorado Trail.

The final event of the year, our holiday party on December 8, was centered on the release of the DVD of the 14er Challenge, as well as the John Fielder member photo.

The year started being planned early in 2011 with the Centennial Committee and became a great success, thanks to the help of the many dedicated volunteers who helped organize the events. 2012 will be a year to go down in the CMC history books!

In early 2012, CMC Press advisory board member Christian Green became CMC’s Director of Publishing. In this function, he oversees both the press and Trail & Timberline. On the sales front, the press brought in several new accounts in Colorado, including Cabela’s, which is carrying CMC Press titles for the first time. In addition, the press is working to foster a better relationship with the Rocky Mountain Nature Association, which is the buyer for many of Colorado’s state park stores.

In 2012, the press generated $241,186 in book sales, which was a slight 1% improvement from the $238,736 generated in 2011. Unit sales were up 5%: 25,881 in 2012 vs. 24,575 sold in 2011. Overall sales dropped 2%, from $256,984 in 2011, to $250,890 in 2012.

Four books were published in 2012—Snowshoe Routes: Colorado’s Front Range; The Best Grand Junction Hikes; Rocky Mountain Wildflowers; and The Best Southern Front Range Hikes. Two of these titles—Snowshoe Routes and Rocky Mountain Wildflowers—joined

CMC PRESSHelping You Enjoy Colorado The Colorado Trail, eighth edition; The Colorado 14ers Standard

Routes; and The Colorado 14ers Pack Guide as the best-selling titles of 2012.

Five titles—The Best Vail Valley Hikes; The Best Estes Park Hikes; The Colorado Trail Databook, fifth edition; The Best Rocky Mountain National Park Hikes; and The Best Front Range Hikes for Children—are scheduled to be published in 2013.


COnSERvAtiOnProtect and Restore Our Public Lands

CMC Conservation serves our members and the recreating public through work in four focus areas: Protecting Wild Places, Stewardship, Defending and Restoring the Quiet Rec-reational Experience, and Access. The CMC’s unique combi-nation of advocacy and on-the-ground stewardship projects demonstrates our philosophy that we need to both protect our public lands and work to restore them, recognizing the impacts of our own recreation activities.

Led by Conservation Director Scott Braden, CMC Conserva-tion is active in protecting our remaining wild places. We work to develop partnerships with CMC members across the state to protect the places they care about. CMC Conserva-tion brings experience, resources, and professional tools for grassroots efforts to protect the places and empower our local members to be advocates.

Late in 2012, the Denver and Pikes Peak Groups voted to pursue wilderness protection for a 30,000-acre roadless area in the Rampart Range, between Denver and Colorado Springs. We are now working with members of these groups to develop a campaign that will reach out to stakeholders and lay the foundation for a multi-year effort to get Con-gress to permanently protect this oasis of wild habitat and hiking right along the busy, developed Front Range.

This last year we worked with members of our Western Slope Group to respond to an attempt to build a large, mo-torized trail network through a popular local hiking desti-nation called Bangs Canyon. We helped analyze the plan, coordinate hikes to educate others, helped Western Slope members write effective comments to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and coordinated a meeting with BLM officials to discuss the plan.

Our Stewardship program helps increase volunteer service opportunities for our members and the public while also building a culture of stewardship in the CMC. In 2012, the CMC Stewardship program turned out over 350 volunteers on 12 unique volunteer projects, for over 3,800 hours of volunteer labor – an in-kind contribution valued at $85,000. Stewardship Manager Lisa Cashel guided an impressive ex-pansion in statewide projects and supported stewardship projects among CMC groups. We worked with non-profit and agency partners on trail maintenance, backcountry hut caretaking, trail construction, and alpine restoration. Accounting for the ongoing stewardship efforts of CMC groups, CMC’s total stewardship contribution was over 630 volunteers providing over 7,000 hours of volunteer service.

In 2012, the CMC launched a new coalition of human-pow-ered recreation users working together for conservation, called Outdoor Alliance Colorado. CMC represents hiking and winter backcountry users, while mountain bikers are represented by Colorado Mountain Bike Association, and

climbers and paddlers are represented by local affiliates of the Access Fund and American Whitewater. Outdoor recreation pro-vides over $500 billion annually to the American economy, an effective argument for the need to conserve the lands and waters that support outdoor recreation.

The Backcountry Snowsports Initiative (BSI) is a conservation program of the CMC aimed at protecting human-powered win-ter recreation and the lands that support activities like backcoun-try skiing, snowshoeing, and winter hiking. In 2012, the BSI host-ed the 20th annual Backcountry Bash, which was tremendously successful in reaching the public about our mission and raising funds.

CMC Conservation finished 2012 with numerous successes and is positioned to continue to make a difference for Colorado’s pub-lic lands and recreation. We will continue to add value to our members’ experience and empower them to be stewards for the lands that support all the Club’s activities.

The Earth Friends Wildlife Foundation presented the Colorado Mountain Club with an exciting challenge grant for new and increased gifts. Thank you!


off the mountains. Between these two fundraisers, we raised over $17,000 for the Museum.

In May, we designed, developed, and launched a six-month temporary display titled Risk & Reward: A Mountain Rescue Exhibit. The Museum partnered with local rescue teams and the Mountain Rescue Association to create a comprehensive exhibit showcasing the history, tools, people, and culture of alpine search and rescue.

Our speaker events and monthly “Thirsty Thursday” social hours have increased five-fold in attendance over the last two years. Our annual Yeti Night event garnered attention and support from the City of Golden, attracting over 200 people. Through sponsorships with like-minded outdoor organizations, including Eddie Bauer First Ascent, The North Face, and LOWA Boots, we were able to host three guest presentations by renowned climbers and mountaineers.

The Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum continues to build a local and national presence through dynamic programs, engaging events, and changing exhibits.

At the end of February, we partnered with the Colorado Environmental Film Festival to launch the 2012 Environmental Photography Exhibition, which showcased pieces from across the world. Our third annual Hall of Mountaineering Excellence Gala celebrated and inducted Arlene Blum, Henry Kendall, Dee Molenaar, and Louis Reichardt for their accomplishments on and

In 2012, the Adventure Travel program visited many favorite places in the United States and some new destinations across the globe.

Favorite destinations included the ever-popular Yellowstone in Winter, the Grand Canyon Raft & Hike, and the traditional In-State Outing (ISO) occurring this year near Buena Vista. The ISO followed the summer Centennial Celebration party in downtown Buena Vista. Other domestic destinations included Rafting the Yampa River, Sea Kayaking in the Kenai Fjords of Alaska, and Moab Mountain Biking.

On the international scene, Adventure Travel trip leaders took members to new destinations such as hiking the Tatra

AMERiCAn MOuntAinEERing MuSEuMShowcasing Alpine Search & Rescue

ADvEntuRE tRAvElExplore New Destinations Around the Globe

Mountains of southern Poland and hiking along Hadrian’s Wall in northern England. Our overseas “old standbys” included trips to Mount Elbrus in Russia, Montenegro, and the Alps of Bavaria and Austria.

2012 also saw the second edition of the Advanced Leader Training Seminar (ALTS) designed to train new adventure travel trip leaders.

In 2013, the Adventure Travel program will have great destinations and we plan to ramp up our publicity and marketing. We also look forward to the implementation of a new five-year strategic plan designed to take the program through 2017.


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Colorado Mountain Club 2012Donors to CMC Annual Campaign [Oct. 1, 2011 - Sept. 30, 2012]

$10,000+AnonymousEddie Bauer First AscentKaiser PermanenteNational Forest FoundationNew-Land FoundationRecreational Equipment Inc.Janet and David RobertsonWilliam G. McGowan Charitable

FundXcel Energy Foundation

$5,000 to $9,999AnonymousAnschutz Family FoundationAspen Skiing Company

Environment FoundationAvout CorporationCMC FoundationCommunity First Foundation Dr. Scholl FoundationExempla HealthcareMillerCoorsSilicon Valley Community

Foundation: Xilinx Community Fund

The North Face Explore Fund

$1,000 to $4,99910th Mountain Division Hut

AssociationAmerican Hiking SocietyKenneth and Carolyn R. BarberKurt BartleyJim C. BerryhillSteve BonowskiBruce BrandleDonald BrockwehlLois BuelerBureau of Land ManagementRobert and Frances BurnsGerald and Betsy CaplanMalinda P. ChouinardGrover L. ClevelandClif Bar Family FoundationNicholas B. ClinchCMC Boulder GroupCommunity Shares of ColoradoJames S. DavisDaVitaJackson D. DennisBeth A. Ellingwood-IshizukaPhilip FerrantiBob FolkertRory Fuerst

Mary GilkisonGolden Civic FoundationHerbert Parker FoundationDavid HiteTom and Kathy HornbeinRobert and Ellen HostetlerChuck and Linda LawsonRoger LinfieldMarilyn K. LoganDonna LynneMaki FoundationMcBride Family FoundationTerri MorrowTimothy J. O’RourkePatagoniaPetzlGlenn and Judy PorzakPeter ScanlonLauren SchwartzSmartwool Advocacy FundGeorge N. SmithHolly SpracklingSummit FoundationStephanie SundheimTelluride FoundationThe Kenney Brothers FoundationThe Williams Companies, Inc.Giles Toll and Connie HauverVail ResortsVibramRobert K. WalkerKathie A. WalshJonathan WatermanDebbie Welle-PowellWhiteWave FoodsDr. Michael J. Zyzda

$500 to $999Gary M. AndersonBackpackers PantryBent Gate MountaineeringSandra J. BernardKatie A. BlackettChums / Beyond CoastalJoyce B. CostelloWilliam E. DavisMadeline DayRobert J. DederichsTeresa L. GergenGoldman Sachs Matching Gift

ProgramJohn Graham and Lorin LearMark J. GrylickiMark HarveyRichard E. Hoffman

Charles HoptonIsabella HorskyRobert and Catherine HutchinsonBill LandsbergFrancine LiebelKenneth A. LuedkeLaura A. MitchellPaul MorrowBruce PatonEverett PeirceSherry RichardsonMiriam RossMatthew R. StevensDavid TaborTelluride School DistrictVernon TwomblyUnited Launch AllianceVerizon WirelessWells Fargo FoundationJohn R. WerningYour Cause Sports

$250 to $499AnonymousB. George BarisasLorraine BeemanGeorge I. BellLyndon BerryHugh BinghamVirginia and Stanley BoucherJanice and James BradburnMinerva CanavanPatrick CliffordPaul A. ErnstJames and Marjorie EspyWilliam E. EverheartCharles FerriesGeorge Gardner Experiential

Education Scholarship FundLinda GinsbergWilliam GoddardChrista M. GoesonKent and Cathleen GroningerJeffrey HarrisonRussell and Ann HayesHaywood FoundationJuliane HeymanArthur HoglingMelissa M. JorySharon KratzeWilliam J. KunzmanCarol and Tom KurtErica LaueBill MarkleyCrystal Marty

Purnee Anne McCourtGary MintzOsprey Packs, Inc.Al and Dorothy OssingerCharles S. PeckDavid and Susan PellegriniLouis PlachowskiMargaret RabelValerie RichterManda P. RiggsArdis RohwerLuauna RuleKristen E. RyckmanLarry SandersEric SchoeningEd ShattuckRaymond ShemDenise SnowPatricia R. SomervilleWilliam L. StirlingDavid H. StreetRick TronvigSarah A. WassonAlice WhiteFrederick L. Wolfe

$100 to $249Raydean M. AcevedoDr. William R. AllenSusan AndersonAnonymous (2)Rico ArgentatiCharles R. AschwandenAspen Community FoundationRolf and Jane AsphaugTracy AtkinsStephen BainKen BarberCarolyn BargmanDawn K. BartonDavid F. BebellCarolyn BenoitDave and Rosalie BentzinStan and Toni BialekJeff BierJohn BlairWilliam BlazekChan BoettcherPeter BondGrace S. BondWalter and Marlene Borneman James BradburnLouise and William BradleyJohn BraggChristopher Brauchli

Presented in Cash Basis. Note: Does not include gifts given to the CMC Foundation for the CMC Perpetual Endowment


Purnee Anne McCourtGary MintzOsprey Packs, Inc.Al and Dorothy OssingerCharles S. PeckDavid and Susan PellegriniLouis PlachowskiMargaret RabelValerie RichterManda P. RiggsArdis RohwerLuauna RuleKristen E. RyckmanLarry SandersEric SchoeningEd ShattuckRaymond ShemDenise SnowPatricia R. SomervilleWilliam L. StirlingDavid H. StreetRick TronvigSarah A. WassonAlice WhiteFrederick L. Wolfe

$100 to $249Raydean M. AcevedoDr. William R. AllenSusan AndersonAnonymous (2)Rico ArgentatiCharles R. AschwandenAspen Community FoundationRolf and Jane AsphaugTracy AtkinsStephen BainKen BarberCarolyn BargmanDawn K. BartonDavid F. BebellCarolyn BenoitDave and Rosalie BentzinStan and Toni BialekJeff BierJohn BlairWilliam BlazekChan BoettcherPeter BondGrace S. BondWalter and Marlene Borneman James BradburnLouise and William BradleyJohn BraggChristopher Brauchli

$100 to $249 (cont’d)Kathleen BrennanJohn BroadbooksBeryl J. BrooksRoger K. BrownRobert BrunerStephanie BullerMarge BurgessPatricia ButlerThomas N. ButlerElizabeth CabotCynthia CareyGeorge C. CaseyShelly CattersonCharles Schwab FoundationSteve ChaseChipotle Mexican GrillNate M. ChisholmEdie ChudnowFran CorneliusRobert W. CraigDonald CroleyEd CrottyStuart L. CummingsRonald L. CunningMary Anna DahmLonnie DalrympleWheeler DanielsHoward DavidsonScott E. DavisKathy DeaneHubert DerbySanjay DesaiLinda DitchkusScott DolginowDoug DreherTheresa DudleyPhilippe DunoyerVirginia M. EllisSteve EngerClemmie EngleAnne EssonJanet FarrarMarilyn G. FellowsEllen and Donald FlannellyMartha FlessnerLloyd D. FosdickCharles B. FranksJerry E. FreierSamuel M. FreundGudrun and David GaskillDavid GillilanJoseph GlassAlan J. GlickmanRobert P. GodwinLinda Grey and Terry RootFred A. GriestPhyllis GunnBarbara GutowSamuel and Jean GuytonKen Haag

Simon HambidgeAnne HanPaul HarmanJim HarrisonRichard and Jane HartBurgette HartGlenn HewittMark K. HingstonStuart M. HiserEveline HoffmanMary T. HopperJohn J. Houlihan IVEarl HughesKenneth HunterCarol B. IlvonenLinda A. JamesScott JamesAnn and Sam JohnsonJennifer and Robert KamperRichard L. KautzDonald J. KavaWalter KingsberyLaurie KonsellaJanelle and Phil KoppAndrea KorberDennis J. KrautkramerBob LadenburgerSusie LadenburgerAmy L. LangeMargery H. LangmuirRoy LarsonMike and Linda LeaShari LeachTimothy E. LeddyHope LeightonArt LeissaMargaret LeonardLiberty Gives FoundationTim LinDarlene LissJoan LittleJohn R. LongSherburne MacfarlanJoy and Douglas MahrerJerry MaiJohn ManzioneDebbie L. MarkhamChris C. MattinglyWarren MayThomas and Sara MayerDaniel Joseph McCaskyDonald and Purnee Anne

McCourtTim and Donna McFlynnMike and Susan McGurkinZollie W. McMillenAlexander M. McVieRobert B. MelzerKaren Meyer Sara A. MichlMile High United Way

Dana MillerSteve MitchellCaroline MooreAdele MoranoMt. Tabor United Methodist

ChurchLeila MurphyDean MyersonClaude NeumannEdward J. NortonDonald F. OatleySean P. O’ConnorChuck OgilbyBob OlsonJeffrey C. ParsonsJan PearsonShannon PedersenSusan PenneyJames C. PetersonRobert and Winifred PetersonRandy K. PletzerJohn R. PolliMargaret PorterBruce A. RandallJulie ReidRobert K. ReimannRobert RichLouis H. RippLinda K. RogersPhyllis RoseMichele H. RotheJon RuelloMelvin and Leonora RueppelRebecca S. RuttenbergJennifer A. SaxhaugCarol SchmitzWilliam F. SchoeberleinCharles ShomJohn A. SlatteryQuade SmithTyle A. SmithJofrid N. SodalLorraine SpectorPat SpitzmillerLaurie StephensonPamela StreetJames SwaneyJ. Mark TaggartMary Ann TaveryBruce R. TheriaultGordan L. ThibedeauDavid H. ThomasJane TitusDavid T. TteeWilliam TumasMarianne Van PeltBert VanEssenVF Services, Inc.John VoborilKris and John WallackMartin Walter

David and Sarah WassonJames L. WeistJane A. WeistAndrew F. WiessnerNancy and John WilliammeeSteven WilliamsKent WilloughbyKevin and Diane WilsonPatricia C. WinnDaniel K. WolfeHarry J. WorkmonWido WundtDoug W. YohnWilliam D. YoungLinda and Robert ZaparanickThomas C. ZeinerJames D. Zimmerman

Recurring-gift Donors to Annual CampaignKurt BartleyLyndon BerryKatie A. BlackettPeter BondJanice M. BradburnLisa BrenskelleMarge BurgessNate M. ChisholmWilliam E. EverheartJanet FarrarMarilyn G. FellowsChrista M. GoesonSarah GoreckiKent GroningerMary T. HopperTimothy E. LeddyMarilyn K. LoganBill MarkleyMike McGurkinSara A. MichlTerri MorrowLeila MurphyJudith OgeJeffrey C. ParsonsDavid PellegriniRobert C. PetersonMargaret RabelSherry RichardsonArdis RohwerLauren SchwartzDenise SnowLaurie StephensonMatthew R. StevensSteven WilliamsWido Wundt


in-kind Donors to Annual Campaign10th Mountain Division Hut

AssociationAccess FundAdventure Medical KitsAlfred Braun Hut SystemJerry AllenAll Terrain AlphaGraphics GoldenElly AmadeAmerican BackcountryAntlers at VailArc’teryxAspen Skiing CompanyAtlas Snowshoe CompanyAvalanche RanchAvery Brewing CompanyBackcountry AccessBackpackers PantryVern BassBent Gate MountaineeringBig AgnesBig Stone PublishingSteve BonowskiBull and BushBurt’s BeesCamelbakCAMP USACarve DesignsChipotle Mexican GrillChris Case PhotographyChums / Beyond CoastalClif Bar Inc.Colorado Railroad Historical

FoundationIrene CookDakineJean DennisDeuter, USALinda DitchkusDynafitEagle CreekEddie Bauer First AscentEldorado Artesian Springs, IncExOfficioFischer Skis U.S.A.Five TenGaiam, Inc.GarmontGibbonGlenn Randall PhotographyGreat Plains Mountain StuffGreat Trango Holdings, Inc.HeadsweatsHonest TeaHorny ToadIbex Outdoor ClothingIcebreakerIzzeJefferson County Open SpaceK2 Skis

Brett KelleyKhunuLa SportivaLafumaLange GraphicsDonald LangmuirLeki USALiberty BottleworksLorpen SocksLowa BootsMarmotMilletMix 1MoosejawMountain GearMountain Hardwear / MontrailMountainsmithTimothy MurphyNalgeneNauNever Summer NordicNew Belgium Brewing Co., IncNuunOdell Brewing CompanyOsprey Packs, Inc.Outdoor ResearchPatagoniaPetzlPlanet BluegrassPoint6Polar BottlePrinceton TecRecreational Equipment Inc.Regency Office ProductsRestopJanet and David RobertsonRocky Mountain Natural MeatsRocky Mountain Popcorn

CompanyRudi’s Organic BakerySalewaScarpaKenneth SchillLauren SchwartzCarol A. ShansbyShrine Mountain InnSierra DesignsChristine R. SmithSmith OpticsSterling RopeEd StruzeskiSummit Huts AssociationSummit Terragraphics Inc.SuuntoSwiftwickThe Active Network, Inc.The GarageThe North FaceThuleTimexTown of FriscoTrekSta

Trion Promotion and DesignUpslope Brewing CompanyVagabond Ranch HutsVoile - USAWestern Spirit Cycling

AdventuresWhich WichWhole FoodsWilderness Exchange UnlimitedWoody’s Wood Fired Pizza

gifts in honor OfIn Honor of Jerry and Betsy CaplanFrank F. Smith

In Honor of Jim GehresKathleen Brennan

In Honor of Donna Lynne & Jim BrownBob LadenburgerKaren MeyerRhonda T. Spreitzer

In Honor of Liston & Wilma RichardsonSherry Richardson

In Honor of Jim RickardTeresa L. Gergen

In Honor of Giles TollKathleen Brennan

In Honor of Ed WallickJack Wallick


Rolf G. AsphaugVern BassTom and Julie BeckwithLyndon BerryJim C. BerryhillChan BoettcherSteve BonowskiWalter and Marlene BornemanRosemary BurbankAlma F. BurgerRobert W. BurnsGerald and Betsy CaplanThomas CecilBlake ClarkThomas F. CopeDave and Beckie CovillLarry W. DesaulesLinda DitchkusJanet FarrarRoger FuehrerJames GehresKent and Cathleen GroningerSamuel P. GuytonMargaret HartmanJanice K. HeidelDavid HiteKristy JuddRobert E. KinterTom and Carol KurtJohn W. Lacher

Linda K. LawsonJohn H. LaymanTom MaceykaLoraine MandelkoBill MarkleyRich A. McAdamsKaren E. MillerTerri MorrowJudith OgeBob OlsonAl OssingerDavid and Susan PellegriniJames C. PetersonPaul RaabSherry RichardsonArdis RohwerJohn R. RossGeorge H. SaumWilliam F. SchoeberleinMarilyn SelfBea SlingsbyJ. SummersGiles TollDavid and Janet WaddingtonArt WainwrightJohn and Kris WallackAv WestAlice WhiteRobert and Linda Zaparanick

MemorialsIn Memory of Bob BrockwehlDonald BrockwehlDenise PowersIn Memory of Sheryl CostelloJoyce B. CostelloIn Memory of Alex DanzbergerGary M. AndersonIn Memory of Gary DederichsRobert J. DederichsIn Memory of Robert EllingwoodRuth C. ThomassenIn Memory of Barbara EvertAl OssingerIn Memory of Kristen HenryCasady HenryIn Memory of Jim MaguireLaura A. MitchellIn Memory of David MoranoCynthia BroomElisabeth BrozovichSharil M. CafferyMt. Tabor United Methodist

Church

Carla S. RosenblumTown of FriscoIn Memory of Virginia NolanBruce BrandleIn Memory of Ron PerkoJay FredericksIn Memory of Felix Pogliano, Jr.Casady HenryIn Memory of Adam StillsDonald B. StillsIn Memory of Nick ValoreSteven BergenMark T. BorlaJill FryeSally LentzSusan PenneyJanet PeriJon RuelloJames O. WagonerIn Memory of David WalshMadeline DayKathie A. Walsh

AnonymousTracy AtkinsStephen BainKenneth H. BarberKurt BartleyDave BentzinJim C. BerryhillKatie A. BlackettSteve BonowskiBruce BrandleDonald BrockwehlLois BuelerRobert W. BurnsGerald and Betsy CaplanMalinda P. ChouinardGrover L. ClevelandNicholas B. ClinchJames S. DavisJackson D. DennisKevin DuncanBeth A. Ellingwood-IshizukaPhilip FerrantiBob FolkertRory FuerstJames GehresMary GilkisonDavid HiteTom and Kathy HornbeinRobert and Ellen Hostetler

Bill HoughtonLinda K. LawsonJohn H. LaymanRoger LinfieldMarilyn K. LoganDonna LynneTerri MorrowTimothy J. O’RourkeDavid and Susan PellegriniGlenn E. PorzakPaul RaabSherry RichardsonRoyal RobbinsDavid and Janet RobertsonPeter ScanlonLauren SchwartzGeorge N. SmithHolly SpracklingMatthew R. StevensStephanie SundheimGiles TollVernon TwomblyDavid and Janet WaddingtonRobert K. WalkerKathie A. WalshDebbie Welle-PowellAlice WhiteKenneth and Ruth WrightMichael J. Zyzda

the 21st Century CircleDonors who have designated a legacy gift in their will or estate plan.

Donors who contribute $1,000 or more to the Annual Campaign.

Rolf and Jane AsphaugTracy and Nathan AtkinsStephen BainSusan Baker and Stephen ScheidKathy BentonDave and Rosalie BentzinSteve BonowskiMark T. BorlaWalter and Marlene BornemanWarren BuettnerGerald and Betsy CaplanLena CazeauxThomas and Ann CopeKevin DuncanGudrun and David GaskillJames Gehres and Margie ValdezSamuel and Jean GuytonDale HengesbachBill HoughtonRichard A. JonesTom and Carol KurtJohn H. LaymanAl and Dorothy Ossinger

Paul Raab*Edward and Catherine RameySherry RichardsonFrank F. SmithDavid TaborThe Telluray FoundationGiles Toll and Connie HauverDavid and Janet WaddingtonAlice WhiteKenneth and Ruth Wright

* Denotes pledge

CMC Perpetual Endowment DonorsOctober 1, 2011 - September 30, 2012


The Color ado M ountain ClubState ment of Financial PositionPresented in Accrual Ba sisSeptember 30, 2012

Assets 2012 2011

Cash and cash equivalents $515,424 $560,885

Accounts receivable $102,928 $117,737

Contributions receivable $49,231 $29,855

Inventory $180,927 $152,786

Prepaid expenses and other assets $54,294 $45,441

Assets held by Colorado Mountain Club Foundation $368,726 $318,454

Investment in American Mountaineering Center, LLC $3,391,222 $1,923,672

Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum $271,339 $379,874

Furniture and equipment $98,260 $79,193

Total Assets $5,032,351 $3,607,897

LiAbiLities And net Assets

Liabilities

Accounts payable and accrued expenses $130,606 $154,674

Deferred revenue $140,491 $123,158

Notes payable $56,920 $116,851

Total Liabilities $328,017 $394,683

Net assets

Unrestricted

Operating $4,208,539 $2,766,166

Quasi-endowment $35,477 $34,839

$4,244,016 $2,801,005

Temporarily restricted $135,741 $135,423

Permanently restricted $324,577 $276,786

Total Net Assets $4,704,334 $3,213,214

Total Liabilities and Net Assets $5,032,351 $3,607,897


The Color ado M ountain ClubState ment of Activities

Presented in Accrual Ba sisSeptember 30, 2012

Revenues, GAins And suppoRt 2012 2011 Temporarily Permanently Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total Total

Contributions $129,567 $382,680 $45,965 $558,212 $807,723

Registration fees $494,960 - - $494,960 $613,756

Membership dues $381,223 - - $381,223 $377,172

Tuition from schools $116,974 - - $116,974 $72,692

Merchandise sales $250,131 - - $250,131 $261,993

Scientific and Cultural Facilities District support $192,011 - - $192,011 $164,253

Museum admission fees $16,437 - - $16,437 $14,874

American Mountaineering Center, LLC contribution $1,564,458 - - $1,564,458 -

Other income $151,878 $15,693 $1,826 $169,397 $58,684

Net assets released from restrictions $398,055 $(398,055) - - -

Total Revenues, Gains & Support $3,695,694 $318 $47,791 $3,743,803 $2,371,147

expensesProgram services

Cultural & educational activities $572,327 - - $572,327 $638,151

Publications $186,303 - - $186,303 $101,449

Conservation $261,971 - - $261,971 $197,153

Museum $198,061 - - $198,061 $194,932

Cost of merchandise sales $69,655 - - $69,655 $54,576

Other $268,477 - - $268,477 $292,774

Total program services $1,556,794 - - $1,556,794 $1,479,035

Supporting services

General and administrative $470,574 - - $470,574 $477,396

Fundraising $128,407 - - $128,407 $111,027

Total support services $598,981 - - $598,981 $588,423

Total expenses $2,155,775 - - $2,155,775 $2,067,458

Investment in AMC LLC. Gain/(Loss) $(96,908) - - $(96,908) $(81,943)

Change in Net Assets $1,539,919 $318 $47,791 $1,588,028 $303,689

Net Assets, beginning of year $2,801,005 $135,423 $276,786 $3,213,214 $2,991,468

Net Assets, End of Year $4,244,016 $135,741 $324,577 $4,704,334 $3,213,214


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