The Mountaineers Annual Gala
The Mountaineers Annual GALA
Adventure with Purpose
saturday, April 26, 2025
FREMONT STUDIOS, SEATTLE, WA
6pm - 10pm
VIP Reception at 5pm
Cocktail Attire
Featuring Sasha DiGiulian as our Keynote Speaker
Honoring Art Wolfe with our Adventure with Purpose Award
VIP Tickets - $325
General Admission Tickets - $250
Purchases of whole tables of 10 and sponsorships are available!
MAIN PROGRAM
The Mountaineers Annual Gala is a unique event. More than just a fundraiser, it's a chance to showcase our Adventure with Purpose mission and celebrate the wide range of activities, programs, and people that our nonprofit positively impacts in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. From 7-10pm, ticketholders enjoy our main program that features the live auction, our Tyrolean Traverse (where guests can watch in amazement as three of our Mountaineers Adventure Program students race across the ceiling of the ballroom), and our speaking program, featuring world-renowned adventurers who headline the event with a keynote address or are honored with our Adventure with Purpose Award.
This year’s Adventure with Purpose Award honoree is world-renowned wildlife and culture photographer and conservationist Art Wolfe. The evening will close with a keynote address by professional climber, author, and United Nations Mountain Partnerships Ambassador, Sasha DiGiulian. Read more about each of our Gala Speakers here.
2025 SPONSORSHIP & Support
SPONSORSHIP: The success of our Annual Gala is thanks to our sponsors. We are currently seeking sponsorships to support the 2025 event. Please contact Rose Steller Burke for details about sponsoring our Gala.
TABLE SALES: Secure your spot at the Gala by purchasing a VIP table ($3K = 10 VIP tickets) or hosting a regular table ($2,250 = 10 tickets). We expect this event WILL SELL OUT, so take advantage of this early opportunity before tickets go on sale in January. Email Jackson Gutierrez for details.
AUCTION DONATION: Year round, we are also soliciting opportunities to partners with brands, businesses, and individuals for giving of in-kind experiences, gear, and items of value to be placed in our live and silent auctions. Please email Hannah Abebe if you would like to donate your time, expertise, a vacation home, gear, or anything else.
ABOUT THE NIGHT
COCKTAIL RECEPTION (5-7PM): The evening kicks off in Studio B of Fremont Studios with our cocktail reception. Our VIP ticketholders are invited to come as early as 5pm to enjoy specialty drinks and passed appetizers plus the opportunity to participate in our VIP Reception activations with our special guests, Sasha DiGiulian and Art Wolfe. At 6pm all ticketholders are welcome and the reception continues with drinks, bites and an opportunity to socialize and peruse the 60 live and silent auction packages that are set up in the room. You can pick up a nice bottle at our Wine Toss (last year the grand prize was a magnum bottle valued at $600!), take pictures in our photo booth and place your last minute bids on auction items (silent auction closes at 7pm).
DINNER (7PM): After the reception guests are invited into the ballroom to find their table and enjoy the three course dinner provided by Kaspars Catering. This year's menu includes:
SALAD COURSE
Butter Lettuce, Strawberries, Burrata, Walnuts, Balsamic and Olive Oil Dressing (gf, veg)
entree
(selections made with ticket purchase)
Roasted Chicken Breast with a White Wine, Leek and Mushroom Sauce with sides of Quinoa Primavera(Spring Garlic, Leeks, Shitake Mushroom, Asparagus and Mint) and Carrot Puree. (gf)
~or~
Tarragon Roasted Salmon with Pistachio Brown Butter with Sides of Quinoa Primavera(Spring Garlic, Leeks, Shitake
Mushroom, Asparagus and Mint)and Carrot Puree. (gf)
~or~
Quinoa Primavera Stuffed Portobello Mushroom (Spring Garlic, Leeks, Shitake Mushroom, Asparagus and Mint) with sides of Tempura Greenbeans and Delicata Squash plus a Citrus Slaw (vegan, gf).
Dessert
Rhubarb Fool with a Lemon Shortbread Cookie
&
Chocolate Raspberry Mousse Cake, Chocolate Sauce and Chantilly Cream
We will do our best to make any dietary requests as indicated in Special Order notes on your ticket purchase. Dinner will be served with a selection of beverages from our beverage sponsors including Tinte Cellars, Georgetown Brewing, Ghostfish Brewing and Seattle Cider. We will also have non alcoholic beverages available.
MAIN PROGRAM (7-10PM): As guests enjoy dinner our program emcees will take the stage and our virtual livestream will begin. The main program includes our Tyrolean Traverse - where three of our MAC students race across the ceiling of the ballroom Tyrolean style - followed by our live auction and our main fundraising engagement of the evening, Raise the Paddle.
The program concludes with our two speaking presentations, the presentation of the Adventure with Purpose Award followed by the Keynote Address.
2024 gala
Want to see how much fun it all is? Read our 2024 Gala Recap Blog, check out last year's photo galleries or watch the recording of our livestream. It is a great night and one that we hope you can join us for in 2025.
If you have any questions about the Gala or ways to contribute you can always contact us at development@mountaineers.org or call 206-521-6022.
Gala title artwork by Enjoli Izidor.
2024 Gala photography by Matt Hagen.