The Mission of Big City Mountaineers (BCM), a 501(c)(3), is to enhance the lives of under-resourced, urban teens through transformative outdoor experiences.
Unlike other outdoor programs that focus on recreation or education, BCM's program uses its innovative format for traditional youth development goals. The setting of our program, which is inspirational in and of itself, is compounded by the significant interaction with adult volunteers that results from our 5-to-5 ratio of adults to youth for each outdoor outing.
Our teen participants are drawn from pre-existing youth development organizations in urban centers throughout the country. These agencies recognize the benefit that a program like BCM brings to their youth and have incorporated our programming into their offerings as a means of reinforcing each of their respective organization's goals.
Big City Mountaineers currently runs programming in four hubs: Colorado, the SF Bay Area, the Boundary Waters (Chicago/Minneapolis) and the Pacific Northwest.
For more information, visit us at www.bigcitymountaineers.org
“I love this trip because I got to learn more about nature and I discovered things about myself as well. The whole entire trip was worthwhile especially getting back and seeing all those great views!”
– Rigo 2007
" … at first I thought I wouldn’t like it but, now I LOVE it. A LOT. I would love to come again. I love being with nature and helping to find my true self."
- Lauren 2007
