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Minding Our Trails: A Conversation with Colorado Fourteeners Initiative’s Executive Director
Nov 10, 2015
Written by Bill Long
Filed under 14ers, advocacy, American Alpine Club, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, CFI, Colorado Fourteeners Initiative, National Forest Service, REI, Texas Mountaineers

Minding Our Trails: A Conversation with Colorado Fourteeners Initiative’s Executive Director

Twenty-one years ago, when CFI just came into being, there were only two planned trails – Pikes Peak and the Keyhole Route on Longs Peak. Now the organization plans to raise approximately $30 million to keep all 14er trails maintained/restored.

So when I had the chance to sit down with Lloyd Athearn, CFI’s Executive Director and man in charge for the past 6 years, I took it. Here’s what I learned.