Challenge Mountain

Who We Are

Challenge Mountain provides opportunities for disabled individuals and their families to recreate out of doors. CM provides all the adaptive equipment, instruction, and staff (volunteers) to accomplish this for free. Our programs include skiing, sailing, camping, hiking, and biking. We raise funds to pay for all of this through our resale stores in Boyne City and Petoskey. We also apply for grants and receive donations. Our goal is to help the physically challenged and mentally impaired meet their maximum potential through outdoor recreation.

What We Do

Challenge Mountain began as the dream of Darla Evans. In 1982 Darla took her daughter, Christi to the National Sports Center for the Disabled in Winter Park, Colorado. Numerous birth defects had confined Christi to a wheelchair. By the end of the week, 5 year old Christi was skiing all but the most difficult slopes using special equipment adapted to her needs. She'd discovered a freedom she'd never known and more importantly self-confidence and self-esteem. Hal O'Leary, founder and recreation program director of the Winter Park facility, refused to accept payment for Christi' s week of skiing. Instead he elicited a promise from Darla that she go back to Michigan and work to begin a similar program.

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