CSU-Pueblo Experiential Learning Center Announces 2004-05 Events Calender  
    
Pueblo-  Whether you enjoy treacherous trails, steep slopes, rough waters, or want to learn how to snowshoe or survive in the wilderness, the Experiential Learning Center (ELC) at Colorado State University-Pueblo has a course planned just for you. Whether you prefer skiing at Monarch or Copper Mountain, biking the North Fork Trail, ice climbing at Silver Cascade Falls, or kayaking on Lake Pueblo, ELC has something for everyone.
 
New ELC Director Scott Robertshaw has announced the schedule of events for the 2004-05 academic year. The Experiential Learning Center offers trips and workshops that provide maximum access to outdoor activities at a reasonable cost. Activities provide participants with an opportunity to develop leadership skills, learn lifelong wilderness skills, increase interpersonal skills, and expand appreciation and concern for the environment. ELC’s programs are open to CSU-Pueblo students first, but then may be filled to capacity by interested CSU-Pueblo faculty, staff, alumni, and community members. Prices of the program vary depending on the type of activity, location, and length of experience.
 
“We try to incorporate into our outdoor program, challenges that will attract individuals of all ages,” said Robertshaw. “We strive to stimulate participants’ minds while challenging their bodies, to test their will as well as their endurance.”
 
For more information, stop by the ELC office, Occhiato University Center 006, call 719-549-2085, or visit the website www.colostate-pueblo.edu/elc
 
September
4 Beginning Rock Climbing Clinic – Campus Wall
18 Peak Ascent West Spanish Peak
18 Mountain Biking Maintenance Clinic and Ride
18 Intro to Kayaking – Campus Pool (WMI / NOLS)
24-26 Backpacking – Greenhorn Wilderness – Marion Mine
 
October
2-3 Women in the Wilderness Rock
9 Mountain Biking Lake Creek
16-17 Wilderness First Aid Course
23 Kayaking Lake Pueblo
30 Family Day – Pueblo Mountain
Park / Potato Mountain
 
November
13 Mountain Bike – Mueller State Park (Colorado Springs)
20-21 Wolf Creek Ski / Snowboard Trip (Lake Creek)
22-26 Thanksgiving Break Trip – Colorado National Monument (Camping, Hiking, Climbing) Class Only
 
December
4 Introduction to Cross Country Skiing
5 Introduction to Snowshoeing
12-17 Winter Orientation
 
January
22 Women in the Wilderness – Snowshoeing
28-30 Winter Fest – Monarch Ski Resort
 
February
5-6 Copper Mountain Ski/Snowboard (Weekend Trip)
12-13 Introduction to Winter Camping
19 Family Snow Play Day – San Isabel
20 Mountain Biking Maintenance and Local Ride
21-27 Desert Orientation (New Mexico)
 
March
5 Mountain Bike Ride –CSU-Nature Center
12 Intermediate Ice Climbing -Silver Cascade Falls
12 Women in the Wilderness – Hike at 11-Mile State Park
 
April
1, 2, 3 Backpacking – Greenhorn Wilderness
9 Rock Climbing Competition
16-17 Great Sand Dunes National Monument (Camping & Hiking)
23 Mountain Biking – North Fork Trail
 
May
7-14 Canyon Orientation/Moab Arches
 
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