2024 CMC Rocky Mountain National Park Western Outing

Trip Report

The Chicago Mountaineering Club (CMC) 2024 Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP or Park) Outing provided peak bagging, outstanding hikes to mountain lakes, wildlife spotting, and trips to Estes Park to enjoy breweries, restaurants and a distillery. The RMNP Outing was for two weeks between Thursday, June 27 and Saturday, July 13, 2024. A new activity this year was trout fishing; More about that later in the report.

First Week

Western Outing participants in the first week were: Jim Considine, Andrew Skipor, Maggie Dabkowski (membership pending), Tiffany Obermeyer, Paul Sack, Michael Heifets, Rick Deibel, Krastio Lilov, Jeff Brath, Jacek Witkos, Marcus Daubaras, Kaitlynn Daubaras, Zenon ...

Posted: Tuesday, September 3, 2024

2023 Annual Dinner with Alex Pancoe

Posted: Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Summary of the CMC trip to Jackson Falls in southern Illinois October 2022

Posted: Sunday, March 5, 2023

February Follies 2022



By Allen Graber | February 2022

When you think of ice climbing, places that come to mind are Munising, Winona, Starved Rock, Ouray, etc. Needless to say, there are many options when deciding on a location to go ice climbing. The CMC’s February Follies trip has been going up to Canada since before I became a member, and my membership started in 2009. I had never heard of Batchawana Bay or Montreal River Harbor before, and Jamie Norris and other members gave me the whole rundown at a monthly meeting. I was hooked right then and there, looking at photos of past outings of climbers on big ice in a winter wonderland. My first time on the ...

Posted: Sunday, March 6, 2022

Posted: Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Trip Report for the June 2020 Chicago Mountaineering Club Western Outing to Rocky Mountain National Park, CO.

Posted: Monday, September 27, 2021