Your generous gift helps reach our goal of normalizing diversity in the outdoors!
As a non-profit education organization, we subsidize, design, and run programs for organized groups that are accessible to people who have traditionally encountered barriers to realizing their potential outside.
Community support empowers us to build and offer subsidized group programming and mentorship to more people, sooner.
We all deserve opportunities to learn, practice, teach, and thrive in outdoor communities that are just, diverse, equitable, and inclusive.
What We Do
We offer professional instruction and guided experiences on rock, ice, trail, and anywhere we connect with nature. Hiring us funds programming for groups and individuals who have historically encountered barriers to realizing their potential outside.
We fundraise and partner with mission-aligned organizations to offer free and low-cost programming to groups and individuals. Any profit generated by our traditional guide service also supports these programs.
We offer authentic and welcoming affinity spaces to reduce barriers to the outdoors. We recruit and hire guides who represent the diverse communities we serve and provide our guides with training on creating inclusive spaces.
While our primary services take place around the Shawangunk Ridge — near New Paltz, NY — we lead experiences across the Northeast.