Skyway Station Update October 22, 2025
From project manager Dan Tille: Another week of really great progress on Skyway Station. Cristee-Meade our builder is absolutely killing it with all of this forward momentum.
You can really start to see the inside of the building taking shape. The dressing rooms and storage closet in the community space are framed out. The pellet stove and stone base were picked out and will be installed in the next couple of weeks. The battery room and HVAC room in the garage are also framed in.
As of October 17, we’ve got roughly $40,000 left to raise to fund the entire project. You heard that right we are in within 2.5% of our funding goal!
Will you consider making a donation to help us cross the finish line? You can give now or pledge any amount in separate payments in the 2025 or 2026 tax years.
You can donate online (https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/mUF5SUyvoxTfkss4wCjFcQ) or by check, sent to GMNC, P.O. Box 4034, Grand Junction, CO 81502.
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Skyway Station Update October 17, 2025
This is such an exciting update! The walls are up and the roof is almost done! With the final concrete pour for the solar panel piers and the solar trench filled back in last week, all the concrete and excavation work beat the weather window and is fully done! Whew!
Check out the those double stud walls that are going to provide warmth for the community space and those double roof trusses to withstand our snow loads in the winter!
Roof sheeting will be done by the weekend and underlayment and metal roof should happen in the next week. Some of the siding is in (the rest should be here shortly) and the windows and doors are expected in the next couple of weeks.
We are on time with our schedule and we are within our estimated budget.
Now time for some really exciting news, as of October 17, we’ve got roughly $40,000 left to raise to fund the entire project. You heard that right we are in within 2.5% of our funding goal!
Will you consider making a donation to help us cross the finish line? You can give now or pledge any amount in separate payments in the 2025 or 2026 tax years.
You can donate online (https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/mUF5SUyvoxTfkss4wCjFcQ) or by check, sent to GMNC, P.O. Box 4034, Grand Junction, CO 81502.
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Skyway Station Update Oct 7, 2025
The walls are coming up, and the infrastructure for the solar power system is under construction. The project continues to tick along, on budget and on schedule. Can you see how excited Catmadness is about the snowcat garage? This is going to be a game-changer for our operations crew.
As of October 2, we’ve got roughly $75,000 left to raise to fund the entire project. Will you consider making a donation to help us cross the finish line? You can give now or pledge any amount in separate payments in the 2025 or 2026 tax years.
You can donate online (https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/mUF5SUyvoxTfkss4wCjFcQ) or by check, sent to GMNC, P.O. Box 4034, Grand Junction, CO 81502.
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Skyway Station Update Oct 2, 2025
The subfloor and wall framing is up. The frame for the front of the building should be up by the end of this week. We are using double stud framing to keept the community space warm.
All the concrete for the building front porch and generator pad has been poured. Trenching for utilities on the parking lot side of the building was completed and filled in. Final grading on both side of the building should be finished by the end of this week.
Trenching for the solar array was done today and should be mostly filled in by the end of this week. Concrete for the solar array pillars should happen next 2 weeks.
Roof trusses are being delivered next week so we should hopefully have wood and underlayment on the roof in the next couple of weeks.
The construction crew is working really hard to get this building dried in by the end of this month.
As of October 2, we’ve got roughly $75,000 left to raise to fund the entire project. Will you consider making a donation to help us cross the finish line? You can give now or pledge any amount in separate payments in the 2025 or 2026 tax years.
You can donate online (https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/mUF5SUyvoxTfkss4wCjFcQ) or by check, sent to GMNC, P.O. Box 4034, Grand Junction, CO 81502.
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9/19/2024 Skyway Station update:
Concrete floor was poured today!
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9/17/25 Skyway Station Update
Structural steel for the community space went in yesterday. The floor for the basement and cat shed is prepped and ready for rebar for the concrete floor. The floor should be poured at the end of this week or the beginning of next week. The front porch should be poured in the next 2 weeks. Final grading around the building should be close to complete by the end of this week. We are on schedule and within our budget.
As of September 17, we’ve got roughly $80,000 left to raise to fund the entire project. Will you consider making a donation to help us cross the finish line? You can give now, or pledge any amount in separate payments in the 2025 or 2026 tax years.
You can donate online (https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/mUF5SUyvoxTfkss4wCjFcQ) or by check, sent to GMNC, P.O. Box 4034, Grand Junction, CO 81502.
September 11, 2025 Update
August 29 Update from Project Manager Dan Tille:
Skyway Station construction is coming along. Concrete forms for the buildings stem/foundation walls are halfway done. They will be finished at the beginning of next week and pouring concrete for the walls will be at the end of next week.
1st and 4th photos Exterior views of the concrete forms for the snowcat shed. 2nd photo is a view of the interior of the snowcat shed. 3rd and 5th photo view of the inside of the operations garage. The wood blocking on the far wall is the garage door and man door exit into the snowcat shed.
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Groundbreaking Celebration August 8… help us complete our fundraising!
Under a permit from the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), work has begun on the Skyway Station project, and we’re having a groundbreaking celebration!
Our official ground-breaking ceremony will take place Friday, August 8 at noon at the building site at Skyway Trailhead.
As we previously shared, the USFS released a decision memo granting official permission for GMNC to construct the Skyway Station. This document allowed us to proceed with the Mesa County building code and permitting process and we’re working with Chamberlin Architects and Cristee Meade Building Company to finalize facility design and construction details.
We’ve raised $1.45 million to date, enough to construct the main building — the community space, operations basement, snowmobile storage area and the off-grid energy system.
We just secured a $100,000 grant from the Goodwin Foundation and several five-figure individual donations, leaving us with only $160,000 left to raise in order to cover the remaining cost of the snowcat garage.
Will you help us get there?
We intend to complete the entire project by the end of the 25/26 ski season. If we don’t raise the remaining funds by early fall, we will have to delay completion of the snowcat garage. We’re so close! Your donation will help us finish in one season.
More than 200 individuals, families, businesses and grantors have donated to this project, and we are grateful for this groundswell of support. Won’t you join us? Please consider making a gift to help complete this project on budget and on schedule.
Giving to this project is an opportunity to support GMNC while also lowering your tax burden. The Skyway Station campaign has Enterprise Zone status, which means that if you give $250 or more, you’re eligible to receive a Colorado tax credit worth 25 percent of your donation. You have five years to use the credit.
If you are 70 1/2 or older and have an IRA, you can withdraw up to $100,000 from that fund and donate it to GMNC, tax-free.
Skyway Station will protect our community and grooming equipment, helping to sustain our organization.
Donate online or by check sent to GMNC, P.O. Box 4034, Grand Junction, CO 81502.