Thank You for Your Support During an Incredible Year

What’s on your bucket list for 2018?

Cross-country skiing in January. Rock climbing, kayaking, and fishing as the weather warms up. Round it out with a class in wilderness first aid and day of habitat restoration in spring, then wilderness survival and foraging. Cap it off this summer with a four-day backpack trip to Ozette Lake.

Sound good?

These are just a few of the adventures we’ve mapped out with our Mountain Workshops partner Young Women Empowered (Y-WE), a Seattle-based organization that provides mentorship and empowerment to teen women, the majority of whom are immigrants to the United States.

Thanks to your support, we can dream big.

The extended partnerships we have through our Mountain Workshops offer so much more than a chance to visit the outdoors: each outing builds on the relationships forged on the last trip - on the skills learned and the sense of self gained. Over the course of several months, our Mountain Workshops change lives and build a life-long relationships with the outdoors.

This same thing keeps Mountaineers coming back to the wild, time after time. A love for wild places is a life-long affair.  

Because of your strong financial support, we’re planning great things to change lives in 2018 - Mountain Workshops, leadership trainings, international publications, and fierce advocacy and conservation efforts for our wild places. Together, over the course of many adventures, we will try new challenges, learn new skills, and find ourselves on a stronger footing with the world.

Thank you for your support during an incredible year! We can't wait to see what we will do together in 2018.  

P.S. If you have not yet contributed to The Mountaineers this season, now is a good time to make a difference.