THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN OVER THE HILL GANG
The Rocky Mountain Over the Hill Gang (RMOTHG), a section of the Denver Group of
the Colorado Mountain Club (CMC), is a group of more than 600 people over 50 who
enjoy getting out to enjoy the glory of the Colorado landscape.
There are regular biking, cross-country skiing, hiking, and snowshoe
excursions. Run principally on weekdays, they go from the
relatively easy to the quite challenging, and from Denver and the foothills to
the high country: all emphasize taking in the remarkable scenery and enjoying
each other’s company. And almost all are followed by a stop
to enjoy refreshments.
In addition to outdoor adventures, there are monthly cultural/social events and
an annual meeting. There is also a summer picnic, summer
camping trip, and holiday party at the end of the year. One
need not participate in outdoor trips to attend them. A monthly email newsletter
is the key to learning about all upcoming RMOTHG activities.
Past newsletters can be found at
www.rmothg.org/UploadedUserFiles/nlarchive.aspx.
Members pay yearly CMC, Denver Group, and RMOTHG dues. Once a
member, a RMOTHG’er can register with any or all of the hiking, biking,
snowshoeing, and cross-country skiing email lists to receive announcements of
the trips each week. They then register for the ones they
want to participate in on the CMC website (www.cmc.org).
Members can also register for CMC trips there.
All trips are organized and led by volunteers who have taken classes at CMC to
qualify to become leaders. CMC offers a multitude of classes, including
leadership, wilderness first aid, wilderness trekking school, hiking, climbing,
mountaineering, photography, fly fishing, and much more.
The RMOTHG calendar:
-Biking trips are held weekly from the first Friday in May through the last
Friday in September, with spontaneous rides during March, April, October, and
November as weather permits. Members sign up to receive email
notices at bicycling.list@rmothg.org.
-Cross-country skiing trips run through the winter, snowfall and leader
availability permitting. Trips are announced in the
newsletter.
-Hiking trips are scheduled weekly from May to October, often with two, three,
or four of varying length available each week. To get on the
list of announcements, members sign up at
hiking.list@rmothg.org.
The weather dictates whether hiking or snowshoeing trips are offered in
April and November.
-Snowshoeing outings run from December to March, snowfall permitting.
Those interested sign up to receive email announcements at
snowshoe.list@rmothg.org.
The RMOTHG offers a chance to partake in group outdoor activities, and enjoy
them with others who do as well.
10/24/13