The Mission

Access:

  • Creating opportunities for people to explore the wilderness safely, comfortably, and with the support of trained guides and educators

  • Maintaining wilderness access through trail work and support of trail crews

  • Providing people the skills, knowledge, and confidence to pursue future outdoor adventures

Comfort:

  • Promoting a non-antagonistic relationship with wild lands

  • Giving our bodies the things they need to thrive in the wilderness vs just survive

  • Utilizing archaic and modern technology to make our time outside more enjoyable

  • Enjoying joyful, nourishing meals 

Wilderness Stewardship:

  • Getting folks stoked on Leave No Trace

  • Learning about ecology and historical context as a basis for relationship with the land

  • Supporting the original stewards of this land through support of Native people

  • Creating opportunities for the public to engage in conservation work

  • Developing a culture of outdoor recreation that involves being of service

Community:

  • Bringing people together for celebratory and educational wilderness experiences

  • Building partnerships with people and organizations invested making the wilderness, and world at large, a better place

  • Breaking bread and building community through outdoor dinner parties