Keystone Science School

1053 Soda Ridge Rd, Keystone, CO 80435 MAP

WHY ATTEND?

This will be a unique opportunity to:

• Continue to expand and strengthen our networks, information sharing, and skillsets 

• Reflect on the past year and share stories of successes and effective best practices

• Receive updated guidance and direction from the agencies we support

• Look to the future and begin engaging the future leaders of our organizations

• Allow time for organizations to debrief & discuss an actionable plan for 2027

FEATURED SPEAKER

MARK UDALL:   Colorado resident and native westerner Mark Udall represented the people of Colorado in the US Senate from 2009 to 2015 and the 2^nd Congressional District from 1999 to 2009. He also served one term in the Colorado State Legislature from 1997 to 1999. Senator Udall was known during his 18 years of serving in elective office for reaching across party lines to solve problems. He successfully championed bipartisan legislation to balance the nations budget, fight climate change, protect our public lands, and establish tough but smart national security policies.

  Sen. Udall played a key role at real political risk in exposing the CIA’s unconstitutional and immoral torture program that was secretly begun after 9/11. His courageous efforts are highlighted in the full length Hollywood film, THE REPORT, released in 2019.

  Prior to serving in the Congress, Mark served as a field instructor and later as Executive Director for the Colorado Outward Bound School. Mark is an avid mountaineer and has climbed or attempted some of the world’s most challenging peaks including Mt Everest, Kanchenjunga, Nanga Parbat, Denali, and Aconcagua.

Udall is no stranger to long, committing expeditions: He has skied for 40 days across Alaska’s Brooks Range; completed two-man alpine-style ascents of Denali’s Cassin Ridge and the Messner Route on Aconcagua’s South Face; undertook with his wife Maggie  a self supported 1200 mile circular trek on the Colorado Plateau beginning and ending at Lee’s Ferry; and has 2 dozen sea kayaking journeys in Baja including in  2018 a  200 mile, 18 day solo paddle.

  Udall sits on the boards of The Grand Canyon Trust, Protect Our Winters(POW), The dZi Foundation,  The Council for a Livable World(CLW Mission: To rid the world of nuclear weapons), and Gifford’s:Courage to Fight Gun Violence.

  Mark and his wife, Maggie Fox, live in Eldorado Springs, Colorado.

SPECIAL GUESTS

HELENA ROBINOWITZ: Helena is the Sustainability Coordinator for Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, and recently a new Board member for Eagle Summit Wilderness Alliance and a Volunteer Wilderness Ranger.

SAM STRELETSKY: CMBC & Keystone Trails & Open Space Advisory Board. Sam Streletsky is an outdoor recreation leader and trail advocate with a decade of experience living and working in Summit County, Colorado. She is the current team director of the Summit Tigers High School Mountain Bike Team and the former Executive Director of the Summit County Mountain Bike Alliance (SCoMBA). Sam serves as a Board member with the Colorado Mountain Bike Coalition, and as a new member of the Keystone Trails and Open Space Advisory Board.

JOHN EGAN: John currently serves as President of the Cutthroat Chapter of Trout Unlimited in the South Denver metro area.  A life member of Trout Unlimited, he has served in several chapter roles, including Conservation Chair and Vice President.   The focus of the Cutthroat Chapter is conservation of the South Platte River and its tributaries upstream of Chatfield Reservoir. Projects have included river clean-ups, Bear Creek restoration support for the City of Lakewood, repairs to the Gill Trail leading into the famed Cheesman Canyon, and remediation of mine drainage throughout the South Platte River basin.  John also represents Colorado on Trout Unlimited’s National Leadership Council, which helps guide the organization’s national direction.

TIM WEST: Tim is the owner of Breckenridge Outfitters and guides. When he can break away from the shop, Tim enjoys introducing folks to fly fishing and sharing any information he can with clients and fellow anglers alike.

MIKE NATHAN: Mike is the Sustainability Manager at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, with success in reaching A Basin’s Carbon Neutral goals, and many more successes. He also serves as a Board member for the local nonprofit, High Country Conservation Center.

JEN STAGNER: Jen currently serves as the Wilderness and Trails Coordinator for the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests in western Colorado, and as the Region 2 Chief’s Wilderness Advisory Group representative. She started her public lands career as an intern on a Wilderness trail crew in 1996. Since then, she has had the great privilege of spending 30 years working for – and within- many of our amazing Wilderness areas across the western US and Alaska.

ANDREA MAICHAK: Andrea grew up in the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains, a landscape that sparked her lifelong commitment to natural resource stewardship. She holds a B.S. in Resource and Recreation Management with a minor in Wilderness Studies from the University of Montana, and an M.S. in Natural Resource Management from the University of Idaho. Her Forest Service career began as a seasonal Lead Wilderness Ranger in the Wind River Range and progressed into permanent roles, including Wilderness and Trails Program Manager on the Bridger-Teton National Forest and Recreation Planner in a Regional Office, where she supported multiple Forest Plan Revisions with a focus on the Wilderness and Wild & Scenic River processes. She later served as the North Zone Recreation Staff Officer on the Shoshone National Forest before returning home to the Bighorn National Forest, where she has spent the past five years as the Forest’s Recreation, Lands, and Heritage Staff Officer. Now in mid‑career, Andrea strives to be a thoughtful and effective manager of public use on federal lands. She is committed to inspiring and supporting the next generation of public land stewards and is passionate about community engagement, partnership‑building, and managing public lands for a variety of personalities and interests.

TENTATIVE AGENDA

Friday 

•    Optional Afternoon hike

•    Dinner

•    Evening speaker - Mark Udall

•    Social time

Saturday 

•    Early check in

•    Morning working session

•    Lunch

•    Afternoon working session

• Social Hour / Yoga (optional)

• Dinner

•   Networking

Sunday 

•    Breakfast

•    Morning working session 

•    Where do we go from here

•    Wrap up

​•    Lunch

ACCOMMODATIONS 

DORM: Each bunk room has 2 top-bottom bunk beds. Dorm rooms and bathrooms divided by gender. Electrical outlets available. Guests provide sleeping bags, pillows, towels.

RVs / TRAILERS: Parking available. No hookups.

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CAMPING: In flat meadow outside dining hall.

PLEASE SUPPORT OUR GOLDEN EAGLE SPONSOR

National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance

PLEASE SUPPORT SILVER FOX SPONSORS

Verboten Brewing, Oboz Footwear, Athletic Brewing, REI, HOKA

Liberty Puzzles , Limmer Boots, Wild Idea, FKTgear, TundraTours, Sue Aikens

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TICKET PRICES

•    $225 – Friday kickoff speaker; Friday, Saturday dorm lodging; Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast, lunch, dinner, Sunday breakfast, lunch.

•    $175 - Saturday dorm lodging; Saturday breakfast, lunch, dinner; Sunday breakfast, lunch.

•    $125 – No dorm lodging (RV/tent/other); Friday kickoff speaker; Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast, lunch, dinner; Sunday breakfast, lunch.