Our sense of place at CRMS is defined to the north by Red Hill. Inked with iron throughout its geologic strata, Red Hill challenges CRMS students, faculty and families to set—and achieve—new goals every day. Gifts at this level provide the resources they need to achieve new goals each year.

The Roaring Fork river helped define the fertile and remarkable valley we call home while we’re at CRMS. Its waters and wildlife sustain some of our most basic needs, and being a CRMS Fund supporter at the Roaring Fork level helps sustain and enhance our community and our campus.

Erected in 1896, the Barn is the architectural touchstone of the CRMS campus, linking the land’s ranching heritage to the 21st century. Supporting the CRMS Fund at the Barn level provides continuity between the past and the present, building on a legacy of hard work and personal responsibility.

Over the years, the aptly-named Log House served as a cowboy bunk house, a summer camp dorm, and more recently as faculty housing. Giving to the CRMS Fund at this level ensures CRMS can adapt to new needs and new challenges serving new student needs, just as this rustic beauty has for many years.

Another iconic CRMS building, the Adobe was built in 1962 by Former Faculty Malcolm Brown and student work crews who cast all of the bricks from local clay. The Adobe has endured nearly 60 years of snowy winters, spring rains, and summer rays. Your gift at the Adobe level reflects the value of doing the hard work that benefits us all.

Former Faculty Steve Schanzer, who landed in Carbondale after WWII, inspired son Charles Paterson to design the Hogan. Steve’s belief in the power of each student to create, and to express themselves as unique individuals, continues to inspire CRMS’s arts programs and facilities. Supporting the CRMS Fund at the Hogan level ensures that arts and creativity will remain an inspiration for future generations of students.

Our commitment to stewarding environmental resources shapes how we live on the CRMS campus. The Solar Dorm, constructed in the late 1970s, reflects the leadership of students, faculty and the broader community to take intentional action. Giving to the CRMS Fund supports ongoing efforts to conserve energy and water resources, and to minimize our environmental footprint.

Less than a handful of American schools feature a working and teaching blacksmithing forge. The Whitaker Forge, named after legendary blacksmith and CRMS faculty member Francis Whitaker, is a cornerstone of the CRMS creative and service culture experienced by generations of students. Thanks to the CRMS Fund, this important and historic connection to the American West will continue to provide students with the opportunity to explore this singular craft while pursuing a college-preparatory curriculum.

For the first generation of CRMS students, a ride on the 1953 International R-160 stake-bed truck, or just the Green Truck, was their first CRMS adventure after stepping off the Glenwood Springs train station platform. The Green Truck reminds us all that joining CRMS as a student, as a faculty, as a member of the community is much more than a journey; it’s an adventure.

Wildfires may be nature’s way of renewing the land, but they’re not too great for any of the structures that house our students, faculty, classes or activities! The Bucket Brigade arose in the early days of the school, which needed a way to protect the campus from fire. Many alumni remember forming a line from the river to The Barn, hoisting buckets of fire-quenching water for the safety of our community. Supporting the CRMS Fund at this level reminds us that everyone’s contribution protects our school today and for the future.