built at the start of Segment 2 of the Colorado Trail. Gudy's Rest is a high scenic overlook of the San Juan Mountains outside Durango. The Gudy Gaskill Loop is a scenic trail connecting with the Beaver Brook Trail outside Golden, Colorado. Posthumously, the Colorado Mountain Club established an annual Gudy Gaskill Award which recognizes female club members who are "a positive and inspirational example of volunteerism". In March 2017 the Colorado General Assembly honored her legacy, with legislators recalling their experiences on the Colorado Trail and a slideshow presentation. A new elementary school in Littleton public schools has been named in her honor Personal life She and her husband David Gaskill, a geologist, had four children. They resided in Golden. An active mountaineer, she climbed all 54 of Colorado's fourteeners as well as other major mountains of the world. Gaskill suffered a stroke in early July 2016. She died on July 14, 2016, in Denver, aged 89. Bibliography References Sources Further reading External links "Gudrun (Gudy) Timmerhaus Gaskill, Mountaineer and Trail Builder" (video) Colorado Women's Hall of Fame 1927 births 2016 deaths American mountain climbers Female climbers People from Golden, Colorado People from Palatine, Illinois Western Colorado University alumni University of New Mexico alumni Hikers