This week:

Trip Sign-Up/Pre-Trip: A-Basin Day Trip!

Wednesday Nov. 4th, 8pm in Lindsay Auditorium

Ski and Snowboard season is here! We’ll be taking a couple vans up to A Basin this Sunday, November 8th for a day of fun on the snow! Just $10 for members ($15 for non-members). Transportation provided, lift ticket not included.

Sign-Ups: Wilderness First Aid Class!

Wednesday Nov. 4th, 8pm in Lindsay Auditorium

The Alpine Club will be offering a Wilderness First Aid Course on November 13th through the 15th here on campus! Learn how to take care of your friends when you are out-and-about in the woods! We are offering this trip at a HUGE discount, come take advantage and learn how to stay safe for only $100! Perfect for anyone interested in becoming a DUAC officer and/or working in the outdoors! Class will be on-campus on November 13th-15th. $100 Members/$130 non-members

Next Week: Rescheduled GEAR SWAP!

Wednesday November 11th, 6-10pm

Driscoll Underground

Get out all your old equipment to make a buck/Get ready for the winter & holidays with all sorts of NEW GEAR! We have rescheduled the Gear Swap for November 11th from 6pm to 10pm! You can sell some of your old stuff, buy some new stuff, or do both! We are still planning to have representatives and gear from Sunlight Ski & Bike, Flylow Jackets, Division West, SickStickz, and others! Ski/Board wax & edge jobs for only $15! Come to the Wednesday night meeting to find out more!

Prices: Entry: $2, To Sell: $5, Ski/Board Edge & Wax: $15

All Proceeds go into the Katheryne Ellington Memorial Fund!

The Weekly Hookup: BCA!

Come to the meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 4th at 8PM to get BCA product! We will hopefully be able to get the order in before break, so come this week to make sure you’re safe before heading out to the BC this season!

This week’s Meeting:

Trip Sign-Up/Pre-Trip: Shelf Road Week­end Climbing Trip!

Wednesday Oct. 21st, 8pm in Lindsay Auditorium

Fall is not over yet!  Come on the final camping trip until Spring with a trip down to Shelf Road for some late season climbing and some of the best views in the State!  Spots still available!  If you are signed-up already, you MUST ATTEND THIS MEETING.  If you are signed up and cannot go, come to the meeting to sell your spot.  We cannot give refunds, so this is the only way to get your money back.  We will be climbing at Shelf Road in southern Colorado from October 23rd-25th. $35 for members/$45 non-members

HOORAY SHELF!

Sign-Ups: Wilderness First Aid Class!

Wednesday Oct. 21st, 8pm in Lindsay Auditorium

The Alpine Club will be offering a Wilderness First Aid Course on November 13th through the 15th here on campus!  Learn how to take care of your friends when you are out-and-about in the woods!  We are offering this trip at a HUGE discount, come take advantage and learn how to stay safe for only $100!  Perfect for anyone interested in becoming a DUAC officer and/or working in the outdoors!  Class will be on-campus on November 13th-15th.  $100 Members/$130 non-members

VINNY WANTS YOU TO GET EDU-MACATED!

Next Week: FALL GEAR SWAP!

Wednesday Oct. 28th 6-10pm

Driscoll Underground

Get out all your old equipment to make a buck/Get ready for the winter & holidays with all sorts of NEW GEAR! On Octo ber 28th, from 6pm to 10pm, the Alpine Club will be hosting a GEAR SWAP! You can sell some of your old stuff, buy some new stuff, or do both!  We will be offering all of our hook-ups (Mountainsmith, BCA, etc) and we will have repre sentatives and gear from Sunlight Ski & Bike, Flylow Jackets, Division West, SickStickz, and others!  Ski/Board wax & edge jobs for only $15!  Come to the Wednesday night meet ing to find out more, or click here!

Prices: Entry: $2, To Sell: $5, Ski/Board Edge & Wax: $15

All Proceeds go into the Katheryne Ellington Memorial Fund!

I CAN’T WAIT TO TUNE YOUR SKIS!

Teton Gravity Research Presents:

Re:Session

This Thursday, October 15th, the Alpine Club will be bring ing a busload of students to Teton Gravity Research’s new Ski & Snowboard Film, re:Session! With the likes of Seth Morrison, Sage Cattabrisa-Alosa, Tanner Hall, Jeremy Jones, and Eric Roner (to name a few), this will be the best show of the year!  Tickets available at our Wednesday night meeting, $10 each.

Check out the Trailer!

Trip Sign-Up: Shelf Road Weekend Climbing Trip

Wednesday Oct. 14th, 8pm in Lindsay Auditorium

Miss out on Moab?  Don’t want to fight the crowds to ride the one lift open at A-Bay?  Want to learn how to climb?  Want to get up a 5.11c?  Want to enjoy our last weekend camping trip of the quarter?  If you answered yes to any of these questions, this trip is for you!  We will be climbing at Shelf Road in southern Colorado from October 23rd-25th. $35 for members/ $45 non-members.

Check out the Backpacking Pictures! (Click on the picture)

Wednesday (10/7) Night’s Meeting:

MOAB IS HERE!!!

Trip Sign-Up: LEGENDARY* MOAB
Wednesday Oct. 7th, 8pm in Lindsay Auditorium
With all these cold temperatures lately, wouldn’t a desert oasis be nice? How about one with hikes to towering arches, beautiful sandstone climbing, and some of the best mountain biking in the world? There is a reason this trip is known to be legendary. We will be in the Utah desert from October 16th through the 18th. BECAUSE OF HIGH DEMAND, YOU MUST BE AT THE MEETING WITH MONEY IN HAND, OR HAVE A PERSON REPRESENTING YOU WITH MONEY FOR YOU. Limited spots available. $50 for mem bers and $60 for non-members.

Ski Movie Tickets: Rage Films & TGR
This Friday, October 9th, our friends over at Sick Stickz Ski Poles will be presenting Pretty Good, a ski movie by Rage Films at DU! Then, on Thursday, October 15th, the Alpine Club will be bringing a busload of students to Teton Gravity Research’s new Ski & Snowboard Film, re:Sessions. Tickets available at our Wednesday night meeting, $10 each.

Trailer: re:Sessions

Trailer: Pretty Good.

The Weekly Hookup: Flylow Jackets!
You’ve read about them in Outside and Powder Magazines, come see why our long-time supporter Flylow Jackets is blowing up this year! This week at our 8PM meeting in Lind­say Auditorium we will have a discounts available and sizes available to try on. Check out their website and products here.

Now on the Schedule: Wilderness First Aid Class!
Do you love the outdoors? Do you want to know the best ways to stay safe while experiencing the Wild? The Alpine Club will be offering a Wilderness First Aid Course at a very cheap rate on November 13th through the 15th on campus. Come get educated about staying safe! Prices: TBA

Wednesday (9/30) Night’s Meeting:

Pre-Trip: Independence Pass Multi-Sport Weekend Trip

Wednesday Sept. 30th, 8pm in Lindsay Auditorium

Are you signed up for this weekend’s trip to Independence Pass?  You MUST attend this week’s meeting so we can go over the weekend’s plans.  If you are signed up but cannot go, or if you are not signed up but want to go, come to the meeting!  Remember, the Alpine Club DOES NOT GIVE REFUNDS, so the only way to get your money back is to sell your spot!  And, right now, the only way you can go is if you buy a spot.  Come to the meeting to find out more.

Trip Sign-Up: Overnight Backpacking!

Wednesday Sept. 30th, 8pm in Lindsay Auditorium

Backpacking in the Fall: cool temperatures, beautiful colors, and nary another soul on the trail.  Sound good?  Come to Wednesday night’s meeting to sign up for the weekend backpacking trip on October 9-11th!  We’ll be going to one of Colorado’s gorgeous wilderness areas.  $30 for members and $40 for non-members.

Gettin’ to the top of the 14er last week!

The Weekly Hookup: Mountainsmith!

This week at our 8PM meeting in Lindsay Auditorium we will have a discounts available for everything offered by Mountainsmith Packs! Check out their products and website here.

Hint: Next week’s meeting will involve LEGENDARY.

Climbing after Wednesday Night Meetings!

We will be going climbing at Rock’n & Jam’n climbing gym after our Wednesday night meeting.  If you are interested in coming, please contact Vinny at vinny.english@du.edu.

Vinny himself, ready to get you climbing too!

Check out the trips that have already happened!

Day Hike: Rocky Mountain National Park

Day Bike: Centennial Cone Park in Golden, Colorado

Fall 14er: Gray’s Peak

Day Climb: Castlewood Canyon State Park

Matchstick Productions’ premier of In Deep: The Skiing Experience was a huge hit with the Alpine Club!  Over 50 members came with us to the Gothic Theater, and the winner of the Saucer Boy Contest was none other than a member of the club himself!  And, on top of all that, we got a shout-out on the MSP Tour Blog!  Check out the post here, and if you came, see if you can spot yourself in the picture below!

Special thank you to Kellan and Frankie at MSP for their help with posters, stickers, tickets, and everything else that they do to make for such awesome premiers!

Starting next week we’ll be selling tickets for Teton Gravity Research’s new film, “Re:Sessions”, on October 15th at the Gothic Theater! We’ll also be at Rage Film’s premier of “Pretty Good” in Davis Auditorium on Campus on Friday, October 6th, and we will be offering discounted tickets to Powderwhore’s new film, “Flakes,” on November 6th at the Oriental Theater.

Check out the Re:Sessions trailer below, and keep getting stoked for ski season!

Thursday, September 24 at the Gothic Theater

$15 Tickets

FREE Bus from Schwayder Art Building at 8PM (In front of the Ritchie Center on Asbury)

Ever seen a ski movie created by Matchstick Productions?  This ain’t no Warren Miller; this is high-octane, pure skiing at its finest with the likes of Mark Abma, Simon Dumont, and the late Shane McConkey.

The Alpine Club will have tickets for $15 during our Wednesday night meeting at 8PM in Lind­say Auditorium and free MSP Stickers.

Thursday night we will have a FREE bus leaving from Schwayder Art Building at 8PM and picking us up after the show.  Come with us!  Saucer Boy will be there!

See the trailer here.

Event Details here: http://www.skimovie.com/index.php/individual-tour-dates/denver-tour-page/

MSP Films Presents: “IN DEEP: The Ski Movie Experience” Teaser from FreestyleTV.ch on Vimeo.

Description:

For 2009, MSP Films takes an original look at the sport of skiing. All of the skiers in the film—park rat or big mountain charger—share a common bond: the overwhelming desires to ski. Each person finds stoke in his own unique way, whether it be a double cork 1260, a deep turn on a storm day or ripping a giant AK line. Skiing is an incredibly diverse sport that offers it all. With the progressive skiing and award-winning cinematography that has made MSP famous, MSP Films takes you along for the ride deep into the experience as we share the love for the greatest sport in the world.

STARRING: Mark Abma, Sean Pettit, Eric Hjorleifson, Daron Rahlves, Henrik Windstedt, Chris Davenport, Bobby Brown, Colby West, TJ Schiller, Mike Douglas, Kaj Zackrisson, James Heim, Hugo Harrisson, Rory Bushfield, PK Hunder, Ingrid Backstrom, Jacob Wester, Russ Henshaw, Henrik Harlaut, Alexis Godbout, Michelle Parker, JT Holmes, Sammy Carlson, Chris Rubens and Shane McConkey.

Welcome Back!

The University of Denver Alpine Club is back for its 81st year as a part of the University of Denver!  This is going to be one of the craziest, best years ever.  If you’re stoked to be back spending every weekend in the outdoors hiking, biking, climbing, SKIING(!), snowboarding, ice climbing, and just having a blast outside, look no further than joining the Alpine Club this year!

Pioneer Carnival at the Richie Center

September 12th, 2:00PM

Come check out the most radical club on campus at the Pio­neer Carnival!  We’ll be slinging out new stickers and infor­mation to anyone who stops by.  Come learn about our ski movie line up for the fall and chat with the officers about all the happenings this year.  Also, our new friends over at Ice­lantic Skis might stop by as well with free schwag* and some skis!

FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR!

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH, 8PM in DAVIS AUDITORIUM
Tuesday?  That’s right, for this meeting only, we will be meeting on a Tuesday for membership sign-ups as well as show off some ski movie trailers, have trips sign ups for Day Hike (9/19) and Day Bike (9/20), talk about the rest of the trips for the year, and just have a super good time!  Free schwag from our Sponsors as well!  Bring a check for Mem­bership and the weekend’s trips!

Become a Memeber of the Alpine Club

Membership lasts 1 Year and makes you a cool person

Check out http://dualpineclub.org/pages/membership.html for details. Sign-up at any Alpine Club weekly meeting or at any of our table events in front of Sturm Hall during the week. $30 gets you a club t-shirt, water-bottle, discounts on trips, discounts at sponsors, and serenity…

Fall 2009 Trip List and Prices

Day Hike:  9/19, $10 member/$15 non-member

Day Bike: 9/20, $10 member/$15 non-member

Day 14er: 9/26, $10 member/$15 non-member

Day Climb: 9/27, $10 member/$15 non-member

Independence Pass Multi-Sport trip: 10/4-10/6, $40 Mem­bers/$45 non-members

Backpacking Trip: 10/10-10/11, $30 Members/$35 non-members

The LEGENDARY Moab Multi-Sport Trip: 10/16-10/18, $45 Members/$55 non-members

Weekend Climbing Trip: 10/23-10/25, $35 Members/$45 non-members

Ski Movies and Weekly Hookups!

Did you know that the Alpine Club can get you tickets to ski movie premiers such as Matchstick Productions’ IN DEEP and TGR’s re:Sessions?  Or, did you know we can get you some sweet discounts on products from companies like Sick­Stickz, Flylow Jackets, Mountainsmith Packs, Backcountry Access, and Icelantic Skis?  Come check out the first meeting of the year in Davis Auditorium on 9/15 for more informa­tion!

*if you don’t know what schwag is, come find out!

Sponsors

Wilderness Exchange, Outdoor Divas, Paradise Rock Gym, Edge Works, Christy Sports, Breeze Ski Rental, Massey’s Ski & Snowboard Tech.  To learn more go to http:// dualpineclub.org/pages/membership/sponsors.html.

The officers have been elected! If you voted, thank you so much for coming out! We had a great turn out! If you didn’t, you can wait until next year for democracy and to voice your opinion again.

Until then, this is what next year looks like…

Jon “I’m in charge” Jay

Alex “Don’t mess with me I’m Greek” Mikros

Anna “telemark is better than downhill” Heintzman

Chris “Christ he’s tall” Manning

Curt “we keep around cause he looks good” Hokanson

Luke “too sexy for my climbing harness” Sundburg

Beau “yeah… I’m a DJ” Burrows

Nick “Christ he’s short” Green

Sophie “I ski faster than the boys” Ben-Hamo

Trine “Norway is awesome!” Vik

Joe “I run…a lot” Teynor

Andrew “Montana is better than Colorado” Mayer

 Darcy “I’m the one really in charge” Struckhoff

Ross “Sun Valley is better than  Montana” Parsons

Robbie “I’m kind of big deal” Leach

Stay tuned to hear about all of the trips that this crazy crew has in store for next year!