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Did you know that we offer climbing at the Front in Salt Lake City?It was a blast to witness the group dynamic between p...
10/14/2026

Did you know that we offer climbing at the Front in Salt Lake City?

It was a blast to witness the group dynamic between participant Kc, Volunteer Toby, and Rec Instructor Jane.

Climb with us THE FRONT - SLC & SOUTH MAIN on Thursdays starting next week! Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3TWCNni

[Carousel Description: Five photos show a female climber climbing and celebrating at the Front’s climbing wall, with staff and a volunteer sharing fist bumps and support. Swipe to see the fun, then book your spot at link in bio.]

Meet Stacey Denny 🎨Stacey’s NAC story started in Fall 2017 as a general volunteer. That same year, she found PCALL and i...
10/12/2026

Meet Stacey Denny 🎨

Stacey’s NAC story started in Fall 2017 as a general volunteer. That same year, she found PCALL and instant community, including her best friend, Julianna.

Crafting is her favorite part of PCALL (she’s earned the title Craft Queen). Lately, her volunteer hours go to writing thank you cards for donors and participants, cleaning tack at the barn, and making art for our staff. She was nervous about the barn at first. Now she loves it.

Ask Stacey why she keeps coming back, and she’ll tell you: she loves to help and the NAC feels like home.

Swipe through to meet Stacey, then read Stacey’s full Participant Spotlight here: https://nationalabilitycenter.org/participant-spotlight-stacey-denny

This Participant Spotlight is brought to you by Big-D Signature and Big-D Construction, whose support helps create access to adaptive recreation, specialized equipment, and outdoor experiences for participants navigating disability, injury, and recovery.

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[Image descriptions: A ten-slide carousel following NAC volunteer and PCALL participant Stacey Denny, a woman in glasses and a white ball cap, around the National Ability Center. Photos show her with a paint horse in the barn, in a selfie with her best friend Julianna, cleaning a riding helmet, hugging a staff member, and the hand-colored drawings she makes for our team. The final slide shows the NAC logo and sponsor logos for Big-D Construction and Big-D Signature Resorts & Residences.]

Winter in Park City is calling. Adaptive sports for everyone. We’re ready to get you out there ‼️Ski, snowboard, nordic,...
10/07/2026

Winter in Park City is calling. Adaptive sports for everyone. We’re ready to get you out there ‼️

Ski, snowboard, nordic, fat-tire bike, climb indoors, or hit the pickleball courts with adaptive equipment, experienced instructors, and a community that knows how to make it fun ✨

Scholarships available! Join us any day of the week.

Link to register for winter programming: https://bit.ly/4dW9GY4

[Carousel Description: A six-slide carousel showcasing winter and year-round adaptive recreation programs at the National Ability Center in Park City. Features adaptive alpine bi-skiing with experienced guides, Nordic skiing for all abilities, indoor rock climbing in a modern gym, a sit-biker shredding, and winter fat-tire biking across snowy landscapes. Each image highlights participants engaged in outdoor and indoor sports with professional instruction and adaptive equipment as part of the NAC Winter Programming. The carousel opens with “Winter Starts Now” and closes with “Claim Your Spot,” inviting community members to explore diverse recreational opportunities and register for adventures.]

Sisters In Sports hosted their first women’s retreat at NAC’s Ranch in Park City 💞 A weekend built on sport and support....
10/05/2026

Sisters In Sports hosted their first women’s retreat at NAC’s Ranch in Park City 💞 A weekend built on sport and support.

Founder, Danelle Umstead, shared, “Sisterhood is at the heart of Sisters in Sports. Coming together at NAC gave our athletes the chance to strengthen those bonds through teamwork, new challenges, connection, and a whole lot of fun, reminding us just how powerful we are together.”

Sisters in Sports Foundation is a community of disabled women and girls that goes beyond access, standing beside athletes with sustained mentorship, financial support, and whole-person development so they not only enter sport, but stay, grow, and lead within it for years to come.

It was an honor to see the SIS women empower and encourage one another during NAC programming 👯☀️💪

[Carousel Description: Adaptive recreation in action with Sisters in Sport camp. SIS brings women together for pickleball, climbing, and the ropes course at the National Ability Center. Ten photos capture the camp’s energy, from gear-up moments to high-flying challenge course runs.]

We got to catch up with Wounded Warrior Project’s Adaptive Sports crew on our Archery Range in Park City during their vi...
09/29/2026

We got to catch up with Wounded Warrior Project’s Adaptive Sports crew on our Archery Range in Park City during their visit!

We hosted the Wounded Warrior Project Adaptive Sports group through WWP’s Independence Program, which supports warriors with traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries.

With the right adaptive equipment and NAC staff alongside them, this group put clusters of arrows on target all session long. The first and second warriors draw their bows with a mouth tab, aiming and releasing using one arm and their mouth. The third warrior uses a mechanical release strapped to his wrist, which improves fine motor control and reduces fatigue. All warriors featured are using a containment arrow rest. Great work, crew!

Thanks for the visit, Wounded Warrior Project. We’re already looking forward to the next one.

Tag a veteran who’d love a week like this! 👇

[Carousel description: Photos from Wounded Warrior Project’s Adaptive Sports visit to the National Ability Center ranch in Park City, Utah. Participants shoot bows and arrows with adaptive equipment; two participants use mouth tabs, and one participant uses a mechanical release. One of the participants that uses a mouth tab shoots from a power standing wheelchair. NAC staff stand by at the Archery Range under a blue sky with mountain views.]

M**O brought the NAC community together this weekend for a ride that’s as tough as it is meaningful 💪Mountain bikers tac...
09/28/2026

M**O brought the NAC community together this weekend for a ride that’s as tough as it is meaningful 💪

Mountain bikers tackled two climbs to raise money for the NAC. Pladsen Hill at Round Valley in the morning, where a crew gathers to cheer riders on as they tackle the climb one at a time. Then it’s on to PCM to pedal with your group to the top of Puke Hill. Pure grit carries this community to the top.

It started in 2010, when co-founder Craig White dreamed up this “sufferfest-for-good” to support the NAC’s cycling program. Today, it’s one of our biggest fundraisers. We caught up with Craig at the end of this M**O: “You do a full M**O, you will feel it. We all share something in common: we love exercise, we love being outdoors, and M**O is a way to share that with great people. With the NAC, the icing on the cake is doing it alongside the adaptive riders. Seeing what they take on, we’re just so impressed. It’s inspiring.”

From everyone at the NAC, Craig, thank you!

Huge thanks to Park City Mountain and Vail Resorts EpicPromise for supporting NAC programming. The fall foliage on PCM during M**O was stunning, and we’re grateful to ride this mountain year-round.

Thank you to our generous M**O sponsors: Perry Wealth Management, Big D Signature, Zach White Luxury Real Estate, Bedgear, and JANS White Pine Touring.

See you on the climbs next year!

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[Carousel Description: The NAC’s M**O ride. The first six photos show riders at Round Valley climbing Pladsen Hill. The rest move to Park City Mountain, where riders travel dirt trails lined with golden aspen trees, unload an adaptive handcycle off a chairlift, and a spotter cheers on adaptive mountain bikers before getting a high-five from a coworker. The final five photos capture the group topping out on Puke Hill: an adaptive rider pushing her bike up the last stretch, a man pushing an adaptive handcycle, a rider arriving with arms raised for a high-five, a triumphant summit pose, and the full team raising their hands to show who made it up without putting a foot down.]

On October 3, we go outside.And the organizations helping make that happen are a big part of why VORS exists in the firs...
09/27/2026

On October 3, we go outside.

And the organizations helping make that happen are a big part of why VORS exists in the first place.

These are the people creating real opportunities for veterans to hike, ride, climb, fish, and find their way into outdoor recreation.

For some veterans, this will be something they already love.

For others, it might be the first time they try it.

Either way, the goal is bigger than one day outside.

We want veterans leaving VORS knowing who they can call, where they can show up, and what opportunities already exist to keep getting outside.

Swipe through to meet the organizations and leaders taking us outside for Day 3.

Then get ready to choose your adventure.

Inside the NAC Innovation Lab, engineering meets adaptive recreation. Our engineer Abe designs and 3D prints custom equi...
09/25/2026

Inside the NAC Innovation Lab, engineering meets adaptive recreation.

Our engineer Abe designs and 3D prints custom equipment that makes skiing, cycling, and mountain biking more accessible. But when he was in school, he had no idea an engineering degree could lead anywhere beyond robots and spaceships. Finding the NAC lead him to a place where he can use his engineering degree to make adaptive recreation more accessible for people with disabilities; now he’s passing it on to future engineers.

Through the lab’s fellowship program, Abe mentored Harrison, a student headed to university this fall. Harrison’s project: a 3D-printed magnetic active hand for one of our adaptive mountain bikers, Daniel. The magnetic active hand lets Daniel switch quickly between the steering wheel and the brakes on the trail leading to more control & confidence.

Great work, Harrison!

Head to the link in our bio to read the full blog, “NAC Innovation Lab: Engineering Adaptive Recreation”

[Carousel Description: Seven photos following a project at the National Ability Center Innovation Lab in Park City, Utah. Engineering fellow Harrison and NAC engineer Abe design, build, and fit a 3D-printed magnetic active hand grip for an adaptive mountain biker, who then takes it out on the trail. Scenes move between the bike shop, the 3D-printing workbench, the parking lot, and a dirt trail with mountains behind.]

Students with disabilities across local school districts now have a new path to adaptive recreation at the NAC!Through o...
09/24/2026

Students with disabilities across local school districts now have a new path to adaptive recreation at the NAC!

Through our new partnership, students from participating local schools ride a school bus up the canyon once a week for adaptive recreation at the NAC. Some live just 30 minutes from the Wasatch Range and have never seen it up close. Now they’re trying new activities, building confidence, and finding out what they can do.

Campaigns like Utah Youth Sports Giving Day make this possible by funding youth programs right here at the NAC. To every donor: thank you. You’re putting kids in the harness, on the water, on the slopes, and that’s not even half of it.

👉 Support youth programs here: https://bit.ly/4gUppHW

[Carousel Description: Noah and Samir climb the indoor wall at The Hub at the NAC Ranch in Park City, UT. Each uses a mechanical advantage system and a harness to scale the wall, while adaptive recreation instructors and volunteers belay them.]

We’ve guided many trips through the river down in Moab. This one stuck with us 🛶Three days on the Colorado river with Ta...
09/23/2026

We’ve guided many trips through the river down in Moab. This one stuck with us 🛶

Three days on the Colorado river with Task Force Dagger. Most of the river was slow floating under red rock walls; nobody complained. Turns out a mellow river is exactly what a group of Special Operations veterans and their spouses needed. This trip had been on their bucket list for years as something they’d committed to doing together.

Our job was the same as always. Rig the boats, scout the rapids, keep everyone fed and safe. What made it different was watching couples check something off together, with no mission brief and no chain of command, just a paddle and a canyon. We paired spouses side by side in the boats instead of splitting them up, a small choice that made a big difference. By the last morning, the whole group was breaking camp like they’d done it together for years.

Thanks to Task Force Dagger Special Ops Foundation for bringing this group to the river, and to ForgeLine for showing up in person to capture it.

Read the full story here: https://forgelinefieldwear.com/blogs/dispatch/chillin-on-the-colorado-task-force-dagger-hits-moab

📷 creds: ForgeLine

[Carousel Description: Photos from a three-day Task Force Dagger river trip on the Colorado River through Moab, Utah, guided by the National Ability Center. Special Operations veterans and their spouses paddle inflatable kayaks side by side beneath red rock canyon walls, a group portrait, and moments of laughter along the way.]

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