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PHOTOS: Restoring A-Frame

Volunteer from the Colorado Mountain Club work at 12,000 feet on Pikes Peak as they restore the shelter built in 1964.

Alan Bridges removes the old roof shingles from the A-Frame shelter Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, as volunteers from the Colorado Mountain Club work to restore the shelter built in 1964 by the U.S. Forest Service at the site of a cabin built by Fred Barr, the trail maker of the Barr Trail. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Alan Bridges removes the old roof shingles from the A-Frame shelter Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, as volunteers from the Colorado Mountain Club work to restore the shelter built in 1964 by the U.S. Forest Service at the site of a cabin built by Fred Barr, the trail maker of the Barr Trail. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Volunteers carry a 2x6 board down Barr Trail from the summit of Pikes Peak to A-Frame at tree line around 12,000 feet Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, as volunteers from the Colorado Mountain Club work on the shelter. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Volunteers carry a 2×6 board down Barr Trail from the summit of Pikes Peak to A-Frame at tree line around 12,000 feet Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, as volunteers from the Colorado Mountain Club work on the shelter. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Chip Spandler carries an 80-pound bundle of shingles down Barr Trail from the summit of Pikes Peak to A-Frame at treeline around 12,000 feet Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, as volunteers from the Colorado Mountain Club work on the shelter. Volunteers carried about 1,000 pounds of shingles down the mountain to replace the ones on the structure that was built in 1964. (Christian Murdock, The Gazette)
Chip Spandler carries an 80-pound bundle of shingles down Barr Trail from the summit of Pikes Peak to A-Frame at treeline around 12,000 feet Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, as volunteers from the Colorado Mountain Club work on the shelter. Volunteers carried about 1,000 pounds of shingles down the mountain to replace the ones on the structure that was built in 1964. (Christian Murdock, The Gazette)
Noah Dent carries a ladder down Barr Trail from the summit of Pikes Peak to A-Frame at tree line around 12,000 feet Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, as volunteers from the Colorado Mountain Club work on the shelter. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Noah Dent carries a ladder down Barr Trail from the summit of Pikes Peak to A-Frame at tree line around 12,000 feet Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, as volunteers from the Colorado Mountain Club work on the shelter. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Alan Bridges and other volunteers remove the old shingles from the A-Frame shelter at treeline Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, as volunteers from the Colorado Mountain Club repair the shelter at about 12,000 feet on Pikes Peak. A-frame was built in 1964 by the U.S. Forest Service at the site of a cabin built by Fred Barr.(The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Alan Bridges and other volunteers remove the old shingles from the A-Frame shelter at treeline Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, as volunteers from the Colorado Mountain Club repair the shelter at about 12,000 feet on Pikes Peak. A-frame was built in 1964 by the U.S. Forest Service at the site of a cabin built by Fred Barr.(The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Chris Mattingly works on the inside of the A-Frame Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, as more than a dozen volunteers from the Colorado Mountain Club restore the shelter that was built in 1964 by the U.S. Forest Service at the site of a cabin built by Fred Barr, the trail builder of Barr Trail. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Chris Mattingly works on the inside of the A-Frame Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, as more than a dozen volunteers from the Colorado Mountain Club restore the shelter that was built in 1964 by the U.S. Forest Service at the site of a cabin built by Fred Barr, the trail builder of Barr Trail. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Cierra Atchley stacks old roof shingles as volunteers from the Colorado Mountain Club work to restore the A-Frame shelter Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, at tree line on 14, 115-foot Pikes Peak. The shelter, built in 1964, has saved many lives from lightning storms and other types of servere weather. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Cierra Atchley stacks old roof shingles as volunteers from the Colorado Mountain Club work to restore the A-Frame shelter Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, at tree line on 14, 115-foot Pikes Peak. The shelter, built in 1964, has saved many lives from lightning storms and other types of servere weather. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Paul Dent stacks old roof shingles as volunteers from the Colorado Mountain Club work to restore the A-Frame shelter Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, at tree line on 14, 115-foot Pikes Peak. The shelter, built in 1964, has saved many lives from lightning storms and other types of servere weather. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Paul Dent stacks old roof shingles as volunteers from the Colorado Mountain Club work to restore the A-Frame shelter Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, at tree line on 14, 115-foot Pikes Peak. The shelter, built in 1964, has saved many lives from lightning storms and other types of servere weather. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Craig Murray, left, and Paul Dent pick up old roof shingles from the A-Frame shelter Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, as volunteers from the Colorado Mountain Club work to restore the shelter built in 1964 at tree line on 14, 115-foot Pikes Peak. Volunteers had to carry all the supplies, tools more than three miles from the summit and all the used materials will be carried back to the top later. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Craig Murray, left, and Paul Dent pick up old roof shingles from the A-Frame shelter Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, as volunteers from the Colorado Mountain Club work to restore the shelter built in 1964 at tree line on 14, 115-foot Pikes Peak. Volunteers had to carry all the supplies, tools more than three miles from the summit and all the used materials will be carried back to the top later. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Volunteers from the Colorado Mountain Club work to restore the A-Frame shelter Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, at tree line on 14,115-foot Pikes Peak. The shelter, at about 12,000 feet, is a little more than three miles from the summit and has saved many lives from severe weather on the mountain. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Volunteers from the Colorado Mountain Club work to restore the A-Frame shelter Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, at tree line on 14,115-foot Pikes Peak. The shelter, at about 12,000 feet, is a little more than three miles from the summit and has saved many lives from severe weather on the mountain. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Volunteers from the Colorado Mountain Club work to restore the A-Frame shelter at tree line on 14,115-foot Pikes Peak. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Volunteers from the Colorado Mountain Club work to restore the A-Frame shelter at tree line on 14,115-foot Pikes Peak. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Volunteers from the Colorado Mountain Club work to restore the A-Frame shelter Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, at tree line on 14,115-foot Pikes Peak. The shelter, at about 12,000 feet, is a little more than three miles from the summit and has saved many lives from severe weather on the mountain. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Volunteers from the Colorado Mountain Club work to restore the A-Frame shelter Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, at tree line on 14,115-foot Pikes Peak. The shelter, at about 12,000 feet, is a little more than three miles from the summit and has saved many lives from severe weather on the mountain. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
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