Trip
Leader in Training (LIT) Hike – Mestaa’ėhehe Mountain Trail - Mestaa’ėhehe and Chief Mountain
Moderate hike to two peaks - Mestaa'ehehe Mountain (formerly Sq**w Mountain) and Chief Mountain. Leader in Training (LIT) trip for Madeline Bachner Lane, CMC Chief Education Officer.
Contacts
- Fri, Jun 9, 2023
- Denver
- Hiking
- Adults
- Moderate
- Mileage: 4.1 mi
- Elevation Gain: 861 ft
- Pace: 1.7 - 2.0 mph
- 1 (7 capacity)
- FULL (1 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
If you have any medical issues that would compromise your safety or the safety of the group, please advise me - lkl14er@gmail.com or Madeline at madeline@cmc.org
Our primary concerns are: diabetes, heart issues (including pace maker), surgery within the last 6 months, allergic reactions to insect stings/bites.
You will receive a reminder and a weather forecast for the area on June 7th.
Madeline has led staff hikes, cycling hikes, ski trips, and youth program hikes, but this is her official LIT trip to gain leader certification.
Meeting Location: Wooly Mammoth PNR, Signage MM (Mama Mia)
Meeting Time: 6:45 am for 7:00 am departure. Please call if you are running late.
Carpools will be determined at the Meeting Location.
Round trip mileage should be about 50-60 so please bring $1 bills to reimburse your driver; estimated carpool sharing with 4 people per car, including the driver, will be approximately $4 -$5 per person. No VENMO or other alternative forms of payment, please.
Hike: We will hike Mestaa'ehehe Mountain first then Chief Mountain. Some of the mileage will be on an old gravel/dirt road.
Badges
leaders will earn:
CMC Trip Leader School
Required Equipment
Normal 10 Essentials
An Inquiring Mind - Sq**w Mountain name has been changed to Mestaa'ehehe. How does the name change impact your senses? What perceptions do you have when reading a place name? Does a place name impact your use of the location?
If you know the history of Rocky Mountain National Park being designated a national park, then you know the Arapaho Place Names designated by the three Arapaho Natives during a two-week horse-pack trip in 2014 were changed considerably. As an example: Thunder Pass was previously named LuLu Pass; Thatchtop Mountain was previously called Buffalo Climb; Lily Lake was called Beaver Lodge.
Learn more about Rocky Mountain National Park place names through
"Arapaho Names & Trails, a report of a 1914 pack trip", Oliver W. Toll, Rocky Mountain Nature Association 2003