Welcome to Chaos Junior

Chaos Junior was started in 2003 as a spin off of the Colorado Hiking and Outdoor Society (CHAOS).

We are now a group of over 40 families that love to get together to go hiking, camping, backpacking, biking, snow shoeing and cross-country skiing.

Mission

Chaos Junior strives to be an informal, Boulder-based group of non-competitive, environmentally conscious families who enjoy self-powered, self-organized, backcountry-style activities such as hiking, camping, backpacking, biking, snow shoeing and cross-country skiing.

Trip Organization

Chaos Junior is simply a network of families that enjoy self-organized, self-powered, back-country adventures. Thus it is up to you to organize the trips you want to go on. It is really easy to organizing an event. Just come up with an idea and put it out over our email list. Once you find out who wants to join in, you can work out the details and be on your way. To help encourage everyone to organize events and to avoid legal issues, all events are considered private with the organizers retaining the right to plan their activity as they please. So please do not feel offended if an organizer decides to keep a trip small, requires a certain skill level, or only invites those they know they will enjoy traveling with. 

Hootenannies *

Throughout the year, members organize larger group trips called Hootenannies. These trips are a great way to meet other families and make some new friends. Most Hootenannies tend to be car camping trips in the summer when we can reserve a large group camp site.

* Hoo·te·nan·ny,  noun, 1. a festivity where everyone who shows up picks up an object and makes noise with it.  2. a social gathering featuring folk singing.  3. a thingamajig

Conservation Ethic

By traveling light and reducing impact on the areas visited, we strive to instill respect for the environment through modeling a conservation ethic. 

Money

The only money involved will be the sharing of expenses generated by the people at the event, such as paying for a group campsite.

How to Join

Click the “Login/Join” link above. This will take you to our Yahoo Groups website where you should click the “Join This Group” button. This will take you to a page where you can enter your Yahoo ID. If you do not already have a Yahoo account, click on the “Sign Up Now” link. Once you have joined, you will automatically receive a questionnaire by email asking how you found us, the names of your family members, your phone number, etc. Please return this email as it helps us keep track of who is part of our group. Once we receive your reply, you will be given full access to the Chaos Junior Yahoo groups website and receive all group emails.