Join us for 4 days and 3 nights of solitude, study, and simplicity. Reverend George Brunner will be leading a spiritual retreat in the high mountains of Colorado this summer. This time we will be studying and practicing prayer. It should be a very worthwhile experience.

We have reserved the Francie's Cabin, one of the newer 10th Mountain Division huts, for this trip. The hut is located in a clearing just below treeline in the Arapahoe National Forest, five miles south of Breckenridge. From the trailhead, access to the hut requires 4 miles and 1,680 vertical feet of hiking.

View slideshow from the 2007 retreat at Francie's.

A hut trip is much like camping, only more comfortable. The 10th Mountain Division huts are generally wooden structures, and each contain a wood stove for heating, propane stoves for cooking, and an upstairs area with padded bunks for sleeping. You simply bring a sleeping bag.

Total cost for the trip is $155.00 per person, which covers food, lodging, and materials for 4 days and 3 nights. We will be carpooling to and from the trailhead.

If you would like to be a part of this retreat, please contact Rev. George Brunner. Your payment of $155 is due by April 1, 2008. With your payment please include the following forms:

• Signed Pura Vida / Trinity UMC waiver

Please make checks payable to Pura Vida, and send with waiver to our mailing address.

NOTE: As these retreats are extremely popular, we will be holding reservations in the order in which deposits are received, so get them in as soon as you can!