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Welcome to the Loveland Mountain
Club website.
Members:
- Have ideas for meeting programs: contact Jerry
Portugal
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Not getting the newsletter in your e-mail: contact Dave
Hollingsed
- Want to join LMC's Yahoo Group: instructions are on the
announcement page.
Purpose:
The club was established in
1978 for mountain climbers and hikers. LMC is both a
recreational and social organization open to everyone regardless
of interest or level of expertise. It offers hiking,
backpacking, snowshoeing, cross country skiing, mountaineering
and climbing. More recently it has offered biking and is open
to offering new activities. Just volunteer to lead it!
Meetings:
LMC has a
monthly meeting offering programs and speakers of interest to
its 100 plus members. The Program Committee takes suggestions
from the membership in planning the monthly meeting programs.
Typically, we meet on the 1st Monday of the month at
7 P.M. at Pulliam
Community Building, at 545 Cleveland Avenue in Loveland. There
are exceptions so check the
meeting schedule .
Hikes:
Hikes and
other activities are classified by difficulty so you will know
before you hike the length of the trip, elevation gain, distance
to travel by car, and needs for food, gas money, clothing and
equipment by the information in the
Newsletter /
Hiking Schedule and by your
conversation with the Hike Leader. Most of our hikes are
scheduled on weekends but we welcome Hike Leaders to plan
weekday trips as many of our members are retired or have
flexibility.
Activities:
Annually we celebrate our anniversary in February with a
potluck dinner, a salad supper in July, a Holiday party and
other planned social activities. As a community service, LMC
volunteers to clean and maintain
the Round Mountain Summit and Nature Trails and its members volunteer for
other Open Space, Larimer County, and Poudre Canyon related
preservation and outdoor activities.
Operations:
LMC is
managed by a nine member Board of Directors
including four officers elected annually and five Board members
elected for two year staggered terms.
Trip Coordinators are assigned a
month to assemble that month’s hikes and activities. The Trip
Coordinator contacts the Newsletter Editor to prepare a
Hiking Schedule to be published
monthly which is available on this website. Each activity is
led by a Hike Leader who plans and leads the hike establishing a
place for everyone to meet and carpool from---usually the Kmart
or Chase Bank locations on West Eisenhower. To make it work,
the Loveland Mountain Club relies on the work and cooperation of
its many volunteers.
Joining Requirements:
You do not have to become a member to hike, but
after
several hikes, we encourage you to join. Contact the Hike
Leader and clear your attendance with him or her. The Hike
Leader will screen you to be sure you are able to physically
handle the hike and give you instructions on when and where to
meet. We hike in all conditions so it is your responsibility to
be prepared. On this website, there are more detailed
instructions on trip difficulty
classifications,
necessary equipment lists, and other
hike instructions and expectations to guide you. Take a look as
it will help you have a safe and fun trip. Dues are annual and payable in March
each year. The dues are $21/family, $15/individual. On this
website is a membership application
for you to fill out and mail to our P O Box 983, Loveland, CO
80539 with your check. You also may join at one of our monthly
meetings.
Come join us as we explore the treasures
that nature has to offer.
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