The Gathering 2025 (Cal-Wood - Jamestown, CO)

JOIN US for the annual ALDHA-West Gathering, September 26-28th, 2025 in at Cal-Wood in Jamestown, Colorado

Friday​ ​September 26, 2025 

2:00 - 4:00 - Volunteer Activities

4:00 – 6:00 – Check In 

6:00 – 7:00 – Dinner / President’s Welcome

7:00 – 8:00 -- Break

8:00 – 9:00 -- Night Sky Viewing Party

Saturday​ September 27, 2025

8:00 – 9:00 – Breakfast 

9:00 – 10:00 – Speaker: Cameron Shropshire

10:00 - 11:00 – ALDHA-West Hiker Olympics - Events 1 + 2

11:00 – 12:00 – Speaker: Ryan Jordan

12:00 – 12:30 -- Break

12:30 – 1:30 – Lunch 

1:30 – 2:30 – Panel Discussion with the 2025 Diversity Scholarship Winners

2:30 – 3:00 – ALDHA-West Hiker Olympics, Event 3

3:00 – 3:15 – Group Photo  

3:15 - 4:30 - ALDHA West Partners and Sponsors available at their booths

3:15 – 4:30 – FREE TIME

4:30 – 5:30 – Speaker: Christine Reed

5:30 – 6:00 -- Break

6:00 – 7:00 – Awards Dinner

7:00 – 7:30 – Break, Dinner Cleanup, Setup for Awards Ceremony

7:30 – 9:00 – Triple Crown and Martin D. Papendick Award Ceremony

-- Costume Theme: Party Like it's 1995 --

9:00 – late – Karaoke Party in the Lodge (quiet hours in camp, noise okay in lodge)

Sunday​ September 28, 2025

8:00 – 9:00 – Breakfast 

9:00 – 10:00 – General Meeting and Elections 

10:00 – 10:30 – Gear Raffle 

10:30 – 13:00 – Clean up and breakdown

Camp Cal-Wood

If you want to learn about the venue (Cal-Wood), visit here: https://www.calwood.org/

If you have time please complete the waiver form for the venue. We will have paper copies at the registration desk:

NEW: Reduced Ticket Price for Conservation Volunteers

We are offering reduced-price tickets for 35 volunteers. ALDHA-West is hosting an outdoor conservation project at Camp Cal-Wood on Friday September 26th, 2-4pm. If you can commit to fully participate in this project, we invite you to purchase a reduced-price ticket (see below).