Roaring Fork Show Up

Roaring Fork Show Up Roaring Fork Show Up aims to increase access to snowsports, leadership roles, and business ownership for BIPOC individuals.

A proud member of the National Brotherhood of Snowsports (NBS)-Rocky Mountain Region

It's almost Summer in the Roaring Fork Valley but we can't WAIT to hit the slopes with our people again! 🏔🌨❄️ ...
05/27/2026

It's almost Summer in the Roaring Fork Valley but we can't WAIT to hit the slopes with our people again! 🏔🌨❄️

Wealthy mountain towns are lying about diversity and we're calling it out ⬇️Before we get into it, make sure to Like thi...
05/26/2026

Wealthy mountain towns are lying about diversity and we're calling it out ⬇️

Before we get into it, make sure to Like this post AND follow us for more posts like it!

They'll recruit you, celebrate you, promote you. Then price you out. Show you off in their marketing while your paycheck can't cover rent. Call you essential while extracting your labor.

Here's what they're getting wrong ⬇️

1. They think diversity is a marketing problem. (It's not. It's a structural one.)
2. They recruit without fixing housing. (Bring in workers, watch them leave. Repeat.)
3. They create programs instead of systemic change. (Diversity councils don't dismantle extraction.)
4. They celebrate your individual success while maintaining collective failure. (One promotion doesn't fix 8,000+ commuters priced out of their own valley.)
5. They confuse your presence with your power. (You working in their system isn't inclusion. You owning the system is.)

Real inclusion isn't diversity in the tourism photos. It's BIPOC communities owning land. Owning businesses. Owning resources. Taking up space and having access.

Building economic autonomy instead of wage dependence.

The question isn't whether mountain towns are diverse enough but rather whether they're willing to dismantle the structures that exclude.

We're building that alternative. Food sovereignty. Community infrastructure. Ownership models that actually work. Events & business resources to help BIPOC in Roaring Fork Valley amplify their potential within their professional scope and personal interests!

Because presence without power is just another extraction.

*Mic Drop*🎤

By the way, we're hosting our first ever Cowboy Carter Ranch Experience where BIPOC in the Roaring Fork Valley can step into a space designed with you in mind.

Two nights. Chef-curated meals. Horseback riding. UTV adventures. No performance. No shrinking. Just community, land, and the reset you've been waiting for.

This is what ownership of your own experience looks like.

Spots are limited. Link in bio for tix.

Outdoor recreation generates $37 billion annually in Colorado. Millions visit the Roaring Fork Valley. The economy looks...
05/24/2026

Outdoor recreation generates $37 billion annually in Colorado. Millions visit the Roaring Fork Valley.

The economy looks booming.

Here's the trap: Tourism has the most jobs, but they pay the least. In Pitkin County, the average wage is $49,460, below Colorado's $63,026.

Pitkin County has the third-highest (Colorado Government) per-capita income in America. $155,067.

But this is misleading.

It includes passive income from investments and remote workers.

The actual median wage gap has widened exponentially.

The top 1% makes $6.6 million. The bottom 99% makes $91,714.
The housing crisis proves it. In 2019, 50.8% of renters spent over 30% of income on rent, up from 45.3% in 2010.

Over 8,000 people commute from neighboring counties because they can't afford to live in Pitkin County.

BIPOC workers face the steepest barriers. They labor in an economy designed to extract their work while excluding them from ownership.

This is why Roaring Fork Show Up builds food sovereignty, community agriculture, and economic pathways beyond wage dependence.

When communities of color own their own infrastructure, land, food, resources, they stop participating in extraction.

They build autonomy.

The outdoor recreation economy will keep generating billions.

The question is... who benefits?

This is what we're committed to answering.

Click link in bio to learn more!

The data is clear. Children living near California's strawberry farms face cancer rates 38% higher than the state aver...
05/24/2026

The data is clear.

Children living near California's strawberry farms face cancer rates 38% higher than the state average.

The chemicals are documented; fumigants originally designed as weapons, now injected into soil across millions of acres.

And the disparity is undeniable: Latinx children are 3.2 times more likely to attend schools in zones of highest pesticide exposure.

This isn't an accident. This is structural. Industrial agriculture by design concentrates toxicity in communities of color.

BIPOC families live nearest the fields. Breathe the drift. Drink from contaminated water. Watch their children get sick.

The system allows it. Regulators approve it. Industry profits from it.

You can't wait for policy to change.

The regulatory limits are already dangerous. You can't expect industry to self-regulate because they never do.

The only move is sovereignty.

This is why Roaring Fork Show Up exists.

We teach BIPOC communities how to grow food on their own terms.

Not as a hobby but as infrastructure and as resistance.

When you know how to cultivate land sustainably, when you understand soil health and seed saving and cooperative farming, you break the cycle of dependence on a system designed to poison you.

Food sovereignty isn't optional in this moment. It's survival.

Every person we train to grow food is a person who stops consuming toxins.

Every community garden is a space reclaimed. Every seed saved is a rejection of corporate control.

This is our work. This is our mission. And it matters more now than it ever has.

The policies are changing in real time. Protections are being rolled back. The system that was already hostile is becomi...
05/24/2026

The policies are changing in real time.

Protections are being rolled back.

The system that was already hostile is becoming more openly hostile.

And the mental health toll is measurable.

When you're BIPOC in America right now, there's no off switch. The stress is chronic. The hypervigilance is constant. Your nervous system never fully relaxes because the threat keeps shifting shape.

This is why nature access matters more now than ever.

It's not a wellness trend. It's infrastructure for survival.

When you step into a forest, onto a mountain, into open space designed with your community, your body shifts.

Your nervous system recalibrates. The constant activation pauses.

You remember what it feels like to exist without threat assessment running in the background.

That's not small. That's everything.

At Roaring Fork Show Up, we organize our entire work around this truth: outdoor access for BIPOC communities isn't optional. It's essential. When policies attack, when systems fail, when the ground beneath you keeps shifting, nature and community become how you restore equilibrium.

Our experiences aren't escapes. They're acts of sovereignty. They're collective moments where you get your nervous system back. Where you remember you're whole.

The political moment is urgent. The mental health crisis is real. And the solution isn't waiting for policy change.

It's reconnection. Community. Nature. Right now.





Two nights on a ranch where we're stepping into our power, one ride at a time.Day 1: You arrive. Everything is handled. ...
05/23/2026

Two nights on a ranch where we're stepping into our power, one ride at a time.

Day 1: You arrive. Everything is handled. Welcome dinner where the energy is already set.

Day 2: Horseback riding that grounds you.

UTV tours that push you.

Optional clay shooting if you want to feel unstoppable.

Chef-curated meals.

Mixology drinks that taste like intention.

No planning. No coordinating. No shrinking.

Just you, your people, and a ranch that's become ours.

Cowboy Carter energy...Black excellence in boots, leather, and open sky. This is what reclamation looks like.

Accommodations included. Meals included. All experiences included.
Spots are capped. Once full, it's closed.

If you've been craving something that actually moves you, this is it.
Secure your spot.

Link in bio.

05/22/2026

Showing up !🖤🌳🥾

05/22/2026

We are out here this Summer doing the work of just showing up in the outdoors! Will you be joining us?

Click Link In Bio to discover how you can get involved!

Four days in Glenwood Canyon where you don't have to be smaller, quieter, or more palatable to belong.Where the meals ar...
05/22/2026

Four days in Glenwood Canyon where you don't have to be smaller, quieter, or more palatable to belong.

Where the meals are planned. The activities flow. The community is real.

You're biking canyons.
Rafting rivers.
Dancing on terraces.
Playing games that feel like coming home.

All with people who showed up to actually show up.

This is what access looks like when it's intentional.

This is what joy looks like when it's resistance. 🖤

This is yours.

Secure your spot. Link in bio.

05/20/2026

5 Ways Outdoor Access Builds Real Opportunity for people of color in Roaring Fork Valley
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