Based on feedback in
this thread, I've decided to create an Trips & Events forum. I decided to create only one forum to cover both hiking and skiing trips to start with. If there is enough use, I can easily break them out to two separate forums based on activity. I would also like to wait on adding the Calendar mod. It's not a trivial mod and includes adding database tables. As phpBB 2.2 is due for release this year, porting a heavily modded 2.0.6 board to 2.2 may prove tricky. However, if this forum becomes very active, I'll still consider the Calendar mod.
Enjoy!