What’s Happening in Golden Today?
6-6:55AM Cardio Lift Interval (Virtual)
8-8:55AM Tai Chi (Virtual)
8:30-9:30AM Power Training (Virtual)
9AM Golden Walks – Wednesday Morning Celebrating Life @ Golden Library
10AM and 1PM Wild West Walking History Tour
10AM, 1PM and 4PM Wild West Short Tour
10-10:55AM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
10-10:55AM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
3-5PM Hard Times Writing Workshop (Virtual)
4:30-5:30PM Kids Climb, You Unwind @ American Mountaineering Center
5PM VIBE@Five @ Craft CoWorking
VIBE@FIVE is Golden’s Happy Hour! Come join other members of the Golden Chamber of Commerce for this “Very Important Business Event” – VIBE! This month’s VIBE@Five will be hosted at: Craft CoWorking – Golden, in partnership with Arnold Insurance and Golden Wealth Solutions.
This event is for members of the Golden Chamber of Commerce and their guests – as well as for members of the Golden Young Professionals. Stop in for a quick hello and a refreshment right after work and a chance to get to know fellow members of the Golden Chamber of Commerce and Golden Young Professionals. This is a great networking and socializing event!
5-8PM Aprés Wednesday @ Golden Mill
5-9PM Ski X Board Tune Night @ New Terrain
6-7:30PM Brands in Colorado @ Golden History Museum
The Old West is right beneath the surface of today’s ranching and rodeo culture. Come join us for an evening of brands, the larceny of livestock (aka rustling), shady characters, range and stock detectives and a host of other typically western notions. The Old West still lives on today in Colorado, proving the more things change, the more they stay the same. More….
6-8:30PM Public Meeting – Proposed Research Facility on CSM Campus @ Ben Parker Student Center
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is announcing an upcoming 30-day public comment period (beginning February 8 th , 2023) and availability of a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for a proposed research facility on the Colorado School of Mines campus in Golden, CO. In addition, an informational public meeting will be held at the Colorado School of Mines on February 15th , 2023. The proposed building, referred to as the Energy and Minerals Research Facility (EMRF), would provide a new home for the Central Energy Resource Science Center and Geology, Geophysics and Geochemistry Science Center, which are currently located on the Denver Federal Center (DFC) campus in Lakewood, CO. The building would also house staff from the Colorado School of Mines
Project Website | Environmental Assessment Website
6:30PM Planning Commission Meeting @ City Hall
The Planning Commission will consider a “major adjustment request to increase the allowed lot coverage” for 1014 12th Street (map). The current code allows a maximum of 40% lot coverage. The property owners want to build a new detached 3 car garage, which would bring them to 51.75% lot coverage. This property came before the Planning Commission in early December, when the owners requested (and received) approval to retain the front porch and two front rooms and replace the rest of the house.
They will then continue a discussion regarding the new zoning code. At their last meeting, commissioners expressed some dismay over the projects they’ve been seeing. They had hoped that the new code would encourage smaller cottages and cottage compounds. Instead, they’ve continued to see very large, boxy duplexes. In tonight’s meeting memo, staff reminds the commission that if we don’t allow 4,000 square foot duplexes, Golden may not attract families.
They will also begin discussion of commercial form types.
Live Music
6-9PM Bunny Blake @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
6-9PM Chris Koltak @ Miners Saloon
Celebrating Heart and Soul of Golden Month:
American Mountaineering Museum
Contributed by Katie Sauter, Director – American Alpine Club Library
The Building
The American Mountaineering Center opened in 1924 as the Golden High School. It served as the high school from 1924-1956, and then as the Golden Junior High from 1956-1988. The building is on the National and State Registers of Historic Places. It was designed by architect Eugene Groves and is significant as an example of the Beaux-Arts style.
One of the highlights that remains in the building is the mural by Gerald Cassidy, “Dawn of the West,” which can be seen on the second floor. It was commissioned in 1928 by Jesse Rubey in memory of his brother.
The American Mountaineering Center
In 1992, the Golden Civic Foundation purchased the vacant school building for $50,000 and made it available to the American Alpine Club, which was located in New York City at the time, and to the Colorado Mountain Club. Outward Bound joined soon after. The building underwent significant renovations and opened as the American Mountaineering Center in 1994. The American Alpine Club also moved its world class library, containing 18,000 volumes at that time, to Golden.
The Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum
The American Mountaineering Museum opened in February 2008, but its story begins in 1949 when the American Alpine Club moved to a 19th century firehouse in New York City. The firehouse had a carriage house in the back, which was converted into a small alpine museum.
When the club moved to Golden, the school gymnasium was renovated to create the museum. A lot of work went into its construction. Thanks to the generosity of mountaineers from around the world, the collection has grown to include over 5,000 pieces of gear, slides, prints, outfits, and cultural artifacts.
This is the first and only museum in the nation dedicated to mountaineering history. It contains 3,500 square feet of exhibits on climate, science, cultures, and the humanities as they relate to mountains.
Bradford Washburn
Bradford Washburn was best known as a photographer, explorer, mountaineer, and cartographer. He was also the director of the Boston Museum of Science from 1939-1980. He primarily climbed in Alaska and the Yukon. His wife, Barbara Washburn was the first woman to climb Denali. Brad and Barbara Washburn’s ice axes can be seen on display in the museum.
The American Mountaineering Museum is open Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm. Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for American Alpine Club and Colorado Mountain Club members, $3 for youth (ages 6-16) and free for children 5 and under. Learn more….
Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!
