After a busy week of training, orientation, and educational activities the crews have flown the coop to their respective workcenters, bunkhouses, and campgrounds. With everyone out in the field, its time to recap orientation week.
The week started out with everyone arriving and settling into Moraine Park Campground. After a day of logistic, paperwork, and gear distribution, all crews dove right into the training activities. It started with First-Aid/CPR training from the National Park Service. For those already trained, we got out into the field to help clarify the trail to the William Allen White Cabin and clean up at Glacier Basin Campground Amphitheater.
![Four volunteers use shovels and a pickaxe to dig in a field](https://rmconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0745.jpg)
![Group of people posing in front of a scenic mountain landscape on a sunny day.](https://rmconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0749.jpg)
![Group of people posing in front of a scenic mountain landscape on a sunny day.](https://rmconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0749.jpg)
The next morning brought everyone back to the Field Institute to prepare for driving agency vehicles with the USDA Forest Service leading a Defensive Driver training. Before the USFS employees arrived we were able to get in a quick icebreaker to warm up for the day. In the afternoon, the crew leaders took the helm and instructed their crews on LNT practices, back-country essentials, environmental hazards, and workplace safety.
![Group of people chatting and stretching in a parking area](https://rmconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0762.jpg)
![Group of people chatting and stretching in a parking area](https://rmconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0762.jpg)
![Reid, Boulder Crew Leader, teaches everyone how to pack and pack.](https://rmconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0812.jpg)
![Reid, Boulder Crew Leader, teaches everyone how to pack and pack.](https://rmconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0812.jpg)
On Thursday, we were all with the National Park Service trails staff learning about trail tools and basic maintenance tasks. With thirty-six of us on the trail, it called for a lot of tools and, in turn, a large tool cache during lunch. To finish up the training, the crews spent time on the popular Lawn Lake Trail learning about drainage structures on trails and how to maintain them.
![A row of shovels with wooden handles leaning against a wooden rail](https://rmconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0824.jpg)
![A row of shovels with wooden handles leaning against a wooden rail](https://rmconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0824.jpg)
![Men in a forest, one digging with a shovel while the other watches](https://rmconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0829.jpg)
![Men in a forest, one digging with a shovel while the other watches](https://rmconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0829.jpg)
On Friday, the crews spent the day with local historian, Jim Pickering, to learn the ins-and-outs of Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Parks development and establishment.
![A group of people attentively listening to an elderly man holding a clipboard in a forested area.](https://rmconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-1.jpg)
![A group of people attentively listening to an elderly man holding a clipboard in a forested area.](https://rmconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-1.jpg)
Saturday was National Trails Day! What better way to send the crews out into the field than a volunteer project with the National Park Service, Conservancy staff, and members. We spent the day benching, clarifying corridor, and repairing/installing log checks on a trail leading out from Upper Beaver Meadows.
![A person digs a trench in a forested area using a shovel](https://rmconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0855-e1433785919138.jpg)
![A person digs a trench in a forested area using a shovel](https://rmconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0855-e1433785919138.jpg)
![A man in outdoor clothing kneels by a rock, examining the ground with gloves on](https://rmconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0867.jpg)
![A man in outdoor clothing kneels by a rock, examining the ground with gloves on](https://rmconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0867.jpg)
![Volunteers work to maintain a dirt trail in a forested area](https://rmconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0869.jpg)
![Volunteers work to maintain a dirt trail in a forested area](https://rmconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0869.jpg)
![Man with a pickaxe standing beside a dirt trail](https://rmconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-3.jpg)
![Man with a pickaxe standing beside a dirt trail](https://rmconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-3.jpg)
![A dirt trail lined with fallen branches leads through a grassy field](https://rmconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-4.jpg)
![A dirt trail lined with fallen branches leads through a grassy field](https://rmconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-4.jpg)