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I’m a mom, a lawyer, a professor. My children are 8 and 4. Our lives are generally pretty regularly overbooked – school, baseball, swimming, ballet, work travel, court. And we rely on our technology to keep life organized, solve last minute problems, fill in the gaps between things that.must.be.done. There’s plenty of research out there […]
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The Mountains Do Not Care!  So reads the warning as the Tonahutu Trail leaves the subalpine and winds its way toward the alpine tundra. A bit impersonal but we get the message. There are consequences if we underestimate the effect of altitude, distance, darkening skies, thunder, or the possibility of storms and lightning. The mountains do
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Photo from The Marmot Recovery Foundation. The time has come to be a Shadowcliff Dream Maker! Calling anyone and everyone who dearly loves Shadowcliff (or a good night’s sleep) and wants to see new mattresses, sheets, blankets, and other upgrades to the many beds at our lodge. Be a Dream Maker now! Upgrade
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Shadowcliff is a seasonal nonprofit lodge and educational retreat center, and as such we are only on site 5 months out of the year, but we are always connected and dedicated to the success of Grand Lake and the surrounding area. With this in mind, we will be sharing profiles of people and organizations around
From LA to CO: Samantha Bruegger Partner Profile Read More »
“ . . . discover once again what it means to be a person . . . To offer persons seeking a renewal of spirit, the sacred atmosphere of this quiet retreat . . . To find in this sanctuary of the Rockies a new rhythm of life- the rhythm that nature herself enjoins
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There are mornings at Shadowcliff where the mist rises, the clouds settle, and one can wake with the feeling of floating in the sky, resting on the clouds. As the day slowly churns to a start and the vapors begin to burn off, one realizes again that our little slice of heaven is indeed here
In his latest installment of the Laws of Nature, Robert J. Mann discusses the Law of Adaptation. Bob explains that when the habitat changes, you have just a few choices; migrate, become extinct or you can adapt. As humans, migration isn’t yet and viable option ( keep working on it Elon!) Luckily, we are some
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by Jay Liebenguth Anna Buck, this season’s chef at Shadowcliff, is originally from St. Paul Minnesota. She comes to us via New Orleans , Israel, and even Australia. To say that she moves around a bit doesn’t begin to tell the whole story. She was referred to Shadowcliff by her friend Hannah in 2015 but
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Ever wanted to take your whole family on a short hike to a waterfall, or stargazing or fly fishing? You can do all this and more when you sign up for Critters, Creeks, and Crows program for families and grandparents at Shadowcliff. Gail Spinden will again lead this year’s edition, with even more activities planned
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Thank you, volunteers! Do you have more pictures from this weekend? Send them to us and we’ll add them here!
Volunteer Photos 2016 Read More »