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It’s official: Shadowcliff Volunteer Weekend 2015 was a success! Not only did we get a lot of work accomplished, but we also welcomed many new volunteers who were experiencing Shadowcliff for the very first time! We are so thrilled to expand our community with so many giving people of all ages! With 56 volunteers plus staff, we logged […]
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It’s the calm before the happy storm of Shadowcliff Volunteer Weekend…
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by Jay Liebenguth If you were putting together a list of attributes that you want in a General Manager at Shadowcliff, it would include some must-haves, some good-to-haves, and some nice-to-haves. Thankfully, Karen Bellina seems to have it all. Karen grew up in New Jersey, went to school in Pennsylvania, moved to Colorado after college
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by Jay Liebenguth A Wild Mind training is coming to Shadowcliff this Summer. Based on Bill Plotkin’s newest book, Wild Mind: A Field Guide to the Human Psyche,  this 5-day intensive is an experiential exploration of our human psyches as unique expressions of the universal forces and patterns of nature.
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After a thorough and extensive search for our new management team, I am pleased to announce Karen Bellina as the General Manager and Will Peak as the Assistant Manager. Together they bring a wonderful combination of experience across many sectors, including a shared passion of being in and having reverence for nature. Karen is new
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Shadowcliff director Hillary Mizia was recently published in Rocky Mountain Parent Magazine, discussing the values of unstructured or “wild” spaces and play time for kids. You can read the full article online here, or if you’re in the Front Range area, you can pick up a free copy of Rocky Mountain Parent for yourself!
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by Jay Liebenguth Fourteen Atlanta 8th & 9th graders and their adult leaders will visit Shadowcliff this June as part of their exploration of the journey of the Colorado River from its headwaters in Grand County to Lake Powell in Arizona. Their purpose is to better understand the complex relationships between the natural world and human
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Have you ever felt the need to be closer to nature? Perhaps the everyday rhythm of your life has created a divide larger than you’d like between you and the outdoors. Perhaps your day to day has you outside all the time, but you’re interested in finding new ways to connect yourself and those around
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This Shadowcliff love story is written by Karen Bigelow about her and her husband, David Grossman, and their Shadowcliff experiences over the years.
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It’s the middle of March, but depending on where you are, you may still feel stuck in Winter! Whether you’re packing away the long johns or still shoveling yourself out of the driveway, the Shadowcliff 2015 season is just a couple of months away! In anticipation of this exciting year, we gathered some favorite photos
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