Sometime in 1973 to 1975, the Mountaineers voted to break this connection because of concerns about new CMC safety rules that limited how far CMC members were allowed to drive on weekend trips. In December 1967, the club membership voted to accept affiliation as a Group of the Colorado Mountain Club. The club is incorporated as the Los Alamos Mountaineers, Inc., and is registered as a tax-exempt nonprofit organization with the State of New Mexico. The club has had a formal written Constitution since at least 1962. Ken Ewing, the first treasurer, kept the treasury in a paper bag.įounding members Stan Landeen, Liz Gittings (later Marshall), Wally Green, Bob Mulford, Emily West (later Wilbanks), and Ken Ewing on Lake Peak, winter 1957.
They began meeting with like-minded Los Alamos friends to organize trips. Tom Newton, the first president, met his wife in the rock climbing section of the Sierra Club in California before they moved to Los Alamos in 1949. The Los Alamos Mountaineers were founded in late 1952. Tom Newton on the highest point of the Organ Mountains near Las Cruces on a climbing trip with John Ramsay and Stan Landeen, April 1955. Above all, our mountainous environment raises us as individuals to more exalted heights.” Without the mountainous regions of this beleaguered planet, our senses for pulchritude and awe would be diminished, our love of the delicate and eternally enduring would be less developed. Always a barrier to expansion, always a challenge to conquest, always a sanctuary for beauty and grandeur, always a test of endurance and acceptance of hardship on nature’s terms, always a reminder of beauty and wonder, the mountains play a crucial role in our collective humanity. The Mountaineers have come to know and love many beautiful local areas, as well as mountains, canyons, and climbing areas in the wider region.ĭon Liska captured importance of mountains to our lives: “I believe that the mountains symbolize the conjunction of humanity and nature in some very special ways. The club is a place to meet other people with a love of the outdoors and to adventure together. Throughout the decades, Los Alamos Mountaineers have been important to many in Los Alamos and beyond. This weekend, the Mountaineers are celebrating their 70 th anniversary. Donations may be mailed toĪ notation should be placed on the check that the donation is for the Espanola Pathways Shelter.įor more information on EPS, call Roger Montoya, (505) 927-0108 or Mateo Peixinho, (505) 927-4418Įnter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.John Sarracino, Mark Felthauser, and other club members on a Blanca-Little Bear traverse trip led by Don Liska, July 1978.
The New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness is the fiscal agent for EPS and all funding is being channeled through them for the shelter’s first two years. Until then, EPS is asking the community for financial contributions. Meanwhile, as temperatures drop, the EPS board is frantically looking for emergency options to house people who are currently on the streets until the new facility is ready for occupation.Ī needs list for the shelter is being prepared and will be published in early November. The Espanola Planning and Zoning Commission has already approved the special use permit that is required for operation of a homeless shelter at the location. Some of the issues that need to be addressed are egress points, showers, and just making the location user-friendly. The 4,000 square-foot area to be leased needs to be upgraded for its new purpose and on Friday, stakeholders are slated to meet to finalize the architectural and engineering plans to ensure compliance with state codes. The shelter will be located at 628 Riverside Drive on the lower level of the building which used to house Aaron’s, DMV Express and a chiropractor’s office. For the past several months a diverse group of people who realized that the Espanola community has the capacity, the vision and the heart to establish a shelter has diligently worked to get the project to where it is today. The Espanola Pathways Shelter has a board of directors, is about to sign a lease for its location and is moving quickly towards becoming a reality.
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