Volunteer with CORE in Buena Vista, Friday 17 July

[SAS]

CLC Members: Volunteer with CORE on Friday, July 17th in Buena Vista, 9am to 4pm.

CORE supports the High Lonesome ultra-marathon on Friday, July 17th by providing "taxi" service from Cottonwood Lake to Green Timber aid station (and reverse in the afternoon). The aid station is approximately 3 miles up the road from the Lake parking lot/group campsite on Forest Road 344, Mineral Basin. Passengers are friends & family of runners on the course. They park below and get a ride from 4x4 volunteers to the aid station; later in the day, 4x4 volunteers "taxi" them back down to the parking lot.

The purpose is to minimize traffic on the forest road, and to mitigate the lack of parking space at the aid station.

CLC members have done this several times over past years. My personal experience has always been positive--I've met people from across the US, always friendly and talkative, always appreciative that 4x4 clubs support their sport. Last time I did it, I think I made 12-13 trips carrying 2-3 people each time.

Post below or send me a DM if you have a question.

 

[Mag71k5]

This is cool, I was just up there, the road was pretty tame, just rocky in some spots. I should've aired down for comfort but didn't.

It's a pretty place to spend a day for sure.

 

[Goslow]

I’m going to try and make it this year and will let SAS know for sure next week.

 

[Goslow]

I volunteered to be a driver for this event for the first time. Tracy has been driving for several years now. It was very well organized with CORE coordinating the transportation from the parking area two miles to the 1st aid station, located at the 31 mile point of this ultramarathon. CORE provided coffee and goodie bags for the driving volunteers.
There were eight or nine drivers, mostly driving Jeeps. Tracy and I were driving Toyotas, of course, and there was one Raptor Bronco.
Family and friends of the runners are encouraged to meet them at the aid station as they arrive. They don’t want a lot of cars driving up the road in order to prevent congestion, so they ask for volunteers to drive them the 2 miles up and back at various times during the day. I drove a leisurely pace and took a couple of breaks during the day and I ended up making 10 round trips. Other drivers made trips in the high teens. We met people from all over the country and a couple of people from Great Britain. It was very interesting to talk to people while we were driving to see where they are from and who they are supporting in the race.
It was an enjoyable day and each of us operated at our own pace as drivers. I would like to do it again and I thought we provided a very valuable service.
The attached images show our drivers’ meeting, the main parking lot which filled up with family and friends, the aid station, a runner arriving, and a very high ridge that runners had to cross twice in the first 40 miles. It looks brutal.

 

[SAS]

I put some video shorts on the Colorado 4WD Association YouTube channel.

The titles start with "CORE shuttle...", "Stay the Trail partners...", "CORE and 4x4 Clubs...", etc.

https://www.youtube.com/@hightrails-colorado4WDassn/shorts