Community Calendar – 2025
Ongoing
SIGN UP FOR EMERGENCY/FIRE/EVACUATION INFORMATION: NOCO alert https://www.nocoalert.org/
INCIWEB wildland fires: https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/
LETA (Larimer Emergency Telephone Authority) Sign up for emergency notifications. https://www.leta911.org/welcome-to-leta
SIGN UP FOR THE CRYSTAL LAKES FIRE DEPARTMENT NEWSLETTER AND NOTICES:
https://lp.
PulsePoint is a 911-connected mobile app that allows users to view and receive live alerts of calls being responded to by fire departments and emergency medical services. Download the app at https://www.pulsepoint.org/
Colorado Smoke Blog: https://colosmokeoutlook.blogspot.com/ covers wildfire activity, prescribed burning operations, and the transport of smoke from out-of-state sources.
Colorado County current fire restrictions
Roosevelt and Arapaho National Forest current fire restrictions
Roosevelt and Arapaho National Forest road, campground, boating, & current conditions
Larimer Aegis
Watch Duty (iOS and Android) wildfire alert app available free from your device store. https://app.watchduty.org/
or https://maps.wildfire.gov/sa/#/%3F/%3F/40.8191/-105.542/11
Sign up for daily Colorado Department of Public Health Air Quality Alerts
Larimer County Sheriff on X: Larimer Sheriff (@LarimerSheriff) · X
Larimer County Sheriff non emergency number (970) 498-5100
Larimer County Sheriff incident blotter
Crystal Lakes (August 2025) wildfire insurance class recording
Ridgeline Radio Tune in at 88.7 FM in RFL, or if you’re away, listen on our web site at https://ridgelineradio.org. Our number is 970-806-5733!
Need a document printed from a phone or tablet? Email (forward or attach) the document to rflprintout@gmail.com and pick up at the RFL Library. Printouts free under 20 pages.
Air Med can be reached at 800-793-0010 and can answer all your membership questions on Air med and sign you up for an air med membership if you choose to sign up. Air med is a must have for our area. If you are a member of air med and are flown out by air med to the hospital it saves you from any out-of-pocket expense. Air med will simply bill your insurance and whatever they pay air med accepts as paid in full.
National Wildfire Community Preparedness. Crystal Lakes Volunteer Fire Department recommends simple, practical and low-cost steps you can take, including requesting a mitigation assessment, on our website: www.clvfd.org/protect-your-
Friends of Red Feather Lakes Community Library Association — Annual Membership Drive
Friends Membership Form 2025. Through Friends of the Red Feather Lakes Community Library, your membership donations support the library to offer better programming for adults and kids. New releases of books and DVDs, games, computers, devices, children’s programs and free, 24/7 Wi-Fi are only a fraction of the ways we support your library.
Digital Navigator VIRTUAL Appointments
Call 970-962-3154 to schedule an appointment.
Outdoors
Deadman lookout cam https://tinyurl.com/3fzu8m9m
US Forest Service cabin rentals Red Feather Ranger Station https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campsites/10317348 Buckhorn Ranger Station https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/10317342 Stub Creek Ranger Station https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/233731
Dowdy Lake Picnic and Boating Site and West Lake Picnic Site. Year-round day use fees are $10 per vehicle at these sites.
Firewood permits for the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests are now available for purchase through a new online E-Permit system or at a Forest Service office. To purchase a firewood permit or to learn more about permits and gathering firewood online visit our Forest Products page. Traditional firewood permits and other forest product permits like mushroom and transplant permits will be available to purchase beginning May 1.
Roosevelt and Arapaho National Forest ORV, UTV or ATV off-road maps here.
Summer Resources
The Forest Service Red Feather Visitor Center is normally open daily from 10 am – 5 pm from Memorial Day through September. It is located between West Lake and Dowdy Lake on 274 Dowdy Lake Road.
The Forest Service Arrowhead Lodge Visitor Center is normally open daily from 10 am – 5 pm from Memorial Day through September, located on CO-14 about 3 miles west of Rustic (34484 Poudre Canyon Rd, Bellvue, CO 80512).
Deadman Lookout. The Canyon Lakes Ranger District’s “Visitor Center in the Sky!” is open seasonably from July (date varies per year) through Labor day. It is located on CR-86 (Deadman Road) about 13 miles west of CR-74E in Red Feather Lakes.
Check Roosevelt and Araphoe National Forest facilities status (open or closed) at https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/arp/recreation
RFL Thrift Store: Closed until Memorial Day weekend, 2026
RFL Community Association Bingo – starts again Memorial weekend, 2026
Red Feather Farmer’s market – starts again Memorial Day weekend
Our Lady of the Lakes Chapel Catholic Church Saturdays, 5pm Memorial Day through Labor Day
November 2025
Rigby’s Road House Breakfast Drive Thru and online ordering system: open from 7:00am till 10:30am, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesdays only. Breakfast burritos and will be adding items like breakfast sandwiches and some sort of sweet pastries in the following weeks. Orders can be placed at rigbysroadhouse.com or you can pull up next to the fireball camper and order there.
Village Taco Friday Night Specials (4-7pm)
BEAVER MEADOW RESORT HOURS
Weekend Hours of Operation: Friday: 4pm to 8pm Saturday: 9am to 8pm Sunday: 9am to 2pm
Mountain Morsels winter hours
New hours for the winter. FRI – CLOSED SAT – 10-6
Monday, November 3, 2025
Library Hiking Group–Weekly exploring local trails. Interested in joining this group? Please contact: Darlene Kilpatrick (library staff member) at darlene@redfeatherlibrary.org
Date: Nov 3rd
Time: meet at Boy Scout turnoff at 9:30 and leave at 9:45
Trail: North Lone Pine
Difficulty: moderate
Boy Scout Troop 96 meets every Monday 7pm-9pm at the American Legion (George Beach Post #4) in Laporte.
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Salty Sisters Bible Study at Morning Star Community Church
Contact: Melody 303-324-5361
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Preschool Story-time at RFL Library 10:30am. Contact Jena at finance@redfeatherlibrary.org
Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity with Award-Winning Journalist Joseph Lee
Author of the Debut Memoir Nothing More of This Land
Wednesday, November 5th at 12:00 PM MST
See More and Register
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Men’s and Women’s Bible Study Morning Star Community Church – 10-11:30am
Morning Star Community Church Wednesday Night Potluck and Prayer meeting 5-7pm
Acoustic jam with with Tommy Ventura at the Tavern at Red Feather Lakes. Starts 6:30pm
Chapel in the Pines – Crystal lakes Bible Study – meets 2:00-4:00pm
Call Sharon for more info at 970-881-3595
Friday, November 7, 2025
North 40 Food Pantry – Distribution 12:30-2:30 – Chapel in the Pines
Glacier View Meadows Bible Study – 4:00-5:30pm
Contact: Jo Johnson 970-218-8088
Happy Hour 4:00- 6:00p The Tavern at Red Feather Lakes
Trivia Night – 6:00 – 8:00p The Tavern at Red Feather Lakes
Children’s authors & books online: https://storyvoice.scholastic.com/landing Use the library’s account to log in: (help@redfeatherlibrary.org SooTOO14) This Friday: Scholastic Read-Aloud Fridays with creators Pasha Westbrook and Madelyn Goodnight (Braided Roots), Remy Lai (Chickenpox), and Suzanne Lang and Max Lang (Grumpy Monkey Play All Day).
Saturday, November 8, 2025
VETERANS. Our yearly luncheon is coming up in November. We have a tentative schedule for Saturday November 8th 11am to 4pm at the POA Building in Red Feather. Our Menu this year will start with Smoked Prime Rib Mark this date on your calendar and tell your friends.
Crystal Lakes Artisan Show: SATURDAY NOVEMBER 8
9:00 am-3:00 pm at the Crystal Lakes Community Center. Get a jump start on your holiday shopping and support our local artists and craftsmen. Village Taco will provide breakfast burritos and lunch. Live music in the afternoon.
Sunday, November 9, 2025
Morning Star Community Church Worship Service – 9:30am – Sunday School at 11:15am
♦ Chapel in the Pines Worship Service – 11:00 service (with Children’s Sunday School)
Monday, November 10, 2025
Library Hiking Group–Weekly exploring local trails. Interested in joining this group? Please contact: Darlene Kilpatrick (library staff member) at darlene@redfeatherlibrary.org
Boy Scout Troop 96 meets every Monday 7pm-9pm at the American Legion (George Beach Post #4) in Laporte.
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Salty Sisters Bible Study at Morning Star Community Church
Contact: Melody 303-324-5361
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Book club selection: Radium Girls,” by Kate Moore
Thursday, November 13, 2025
Online author conversation: The Search for Truth and the Persistence of Love Across Time with Novelist Amanda Peters
Bestselling Author and Winner of the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
Thursday, November 13th at 5:00 PM MST
See More and Register
Friday, November 14, 2025
Children’s authors & books online: https://storyvoice.scholastic.com/landing Use the library’s account to log in: (help@redfeatherlibrary.org SooTOO14) Scholastic Read-Aloud Fridays Author event with Tami Charles and Bryan Collier reading Together, United, (9:30am MST) and Samuel Sattin reading Unico, Volume 2: Hunted (10:30am MST)
Saturday, November 15, 2025
November15 @ 5 pm Community Fall Meal RED FEATHER LAKES COMMUNITY Association
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Online author conversation: Unlock the Secret Language of Connection with Supercommunicator Charles Duhigg Pulitzer-Prize Winning Journalist and New York Times Bestselling Author of The Power of Habit Tuesday, November 18th at 12:00 PM MST
See More and Register
Thursday, November 20, 2025
Mountain Readers Book club: The End of the Row by Carmel C Solano
Friday, November 21, 2025
Children’s authors & books online: https://storyvoice.scholastic.com/landing Use the library’s account to log in: (help@redfeatherlibrary.org SooTOO14) This Friday: Scholastic Read-Aloud Fridays with Author Peter H. Reynolds reading The Gift of Words, 12pm MST.
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Scheming Wives and High-Stakes Hilarity with Author Sue Hincenbergs
Author of The Retirement Plan and Award-Winning Television Producer
Tuesday, December 2nd at 12:00 PM MST
See More and Register Online presentation
Friday, December 5, 2025
Children’s authors & books online: https://storyvoice.scholastic.com/landing Use the library’s account to log in: (help@redfeatherlibrary.org SooTOO14) Scholastic Read-Aloud Fridays with Alice Hemming and Nicola later reading The Snow Thief 9:30AM MST
And, author event with Tui T. Sutherland and Mike Holmes reading Wings of Fire: The Graphic Novel #8: Escaping Peril 10:30am MST.
Saturday, December 6, 2025
The Tavern at Red Feather Lakes: Dasher sign ups are coming in! Don’t mi
ss out on this fun community event and sign up today! Walkers welcome too! Sign up before mid November to get a cool hot cocoa mug and time to find your perfect onesie to sport 😉 https://runsignup.com/Race/CO/RedFeatherLakes/OnesieDash
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
The Legacy of Julia Child’s Kitchen with Author and Smithsonian Curator Paula J. Johnson
Online 
A Library Speakers Consortium and Smithsonian Institution Collaboration
Tuesday, December 9th at 12:00 PM MST
See More and Register
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Bookclub: Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books,” by Kristen Miller
Saturday, December 13, 2025
Alcoholics Anonymous – 2:00-3:00p Chapel in the Pines Fellowship Hall
For more information call Dana B. at 303-601-5036
Karaoke night at the Tavern at Red Feather Lakes. 6:30-9:30pm
Thursday, December 18, 2025
Thursday, January 1, 2026
1078 Ramona DriveRed Feather Lakes, CO
Thursday, January 15,2026
Mountain Readers Book Club: The Secret Life of Sunflowers by Marta Molnar
Thursday, February 19, 2026
Mountain Readers Book Club: A Force of Nature by Joan M. Griffin
Thursday, March 19, 2026
Mountain Readers Book Club: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Mountain Readers Book Club: A World of Curiosities, The Black Wolf or The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny
Thursday, May 21, 2026
Mountain Readers Book Club: The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
Saturday, May 30, 2026
Bingo! at the RFL Community Center (POA), 7pm. First of season.
Thursday, June 18, 2026
Mountain Readers Book Club: The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware
Thursday, July 16, 2026
Mountain Readers Book Club: Have You Seen Luis Velez? by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Thursday, August 14, 2026
Mountain Readers Book Club: Alchemy of Flowers by Laura Resa
Thursday, September 17, 2026
Mountain Readers Book Club: Book selection.
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Mountain Readers Book Club: The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
Thursday, November 19, 2026
Mountain Readers Book Club: The Ride of Her Life by Elisabeth Letts
Thursday, December 17, 2026
Mountain Readers Book Club: Fleece Navidad by Maggie Sefton
If you have community events you would like included in this weekly notice, or have questions about upcoming events please send them to: janet@redfeatherlibrary.org
Red Feather Lakes Community Library home page Library catalog Location/Hours
Red Feather Lakes Community Library / Box 123, (71 Firehouse Lane) / Red Feather Lakes, CO 80545, 970-881-2664 970-881-2836 (fax) help@redfeatherlibrary.org