By sticking with a strong mission statement that emphasizes values such as balance, humility and respect, 5 Point film festival screened a mix of films that with a few small exceptions went beyond the plotless hucking flick we get bombarded with from nearly every corner.
Forest Service
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5Point Film Festival Begins Today — and Len Shoemaker, Take 2
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It’s a Miracle — We Actually See a Forest Service Official in the Backcountry
by Lou Dawsonby Lou DawsonWhat other choice than American Lake for a backcountry hike on the Fourth of July? American is a glacier tarn south of Aspen, off the Castle Creek drainage. It’s arguably the most popular hiking destination in legal wilderness accessed from…
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(News Flash – Friday PM: Lincoln Creek Road off Independence Pass Road in Colorado is now open, providing access to the Grizzly Peak area of the Sawatch Mountains. Bob Perlmutter just got back from an awsome day on Grizzly, and…
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This past Friday’s annual Colorado Fourteeners Initiative (CFI) fundraiser “Festival of the Peaks” was a raging success. Held at the American Mountaineering Center in Golden, Colorado, the event included a silent auction with an amazing amount of merchandise, a Mexican…
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But even the darkest cloud has the potential to produce beautiful powder. Thus, sooner or later I suspect we’ll see a movie about Davenport’s fourteener project. I’m sure it will be enjoyable, even award winning — and perhaps better than the original cut by focusing even more on the personal, spiritual and wilderness aspects of Colorado ski alpinism.