Peak Recovery PNW

02/15/2024

Happy 3 year sobriety birthday to Cole (he/him)! Cole is a graduate of our 2023 Mazamas + Peak Recovery PNW BCEP mountaineering course and Peak’s Wilderness First Aid course. He’s excited to be coming back to volunteer as an assistant in our 2024 BCEP and Intro to Rock Climbing courses. Let’s show Cole some love today!



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02/13/2024

We’re getting stoked for our upcoming 8-week Mazamas + Peak Recovery PNW BCEP (Basic Climb Education Program) mountaineering course which provides students with the knowledge and skills required to safely climb glaciated peaks. This will be year two of Peak Recovery sponsoring this course, and this year our recovery team will include 12 students and a 15+ person team of volunteer instructors. We’re so grateful to our community partner Mazamas for saying “yes” to this partnership! We’re also thankful for Alano Club of Portland for providing the funding for all of Peak Recovery’s programs, and our BCEP sponsors, Mountain Shop, and Petzl 🏔️

02/02/2024

Peak Recovery PNW’s backcountry crew is getting stoked for our upcoming American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education avalanche safety course March 1st - 3rd which will be led by Dave Watson (he/him) from MountainSavvy on Wy’east (Mt. Hood).

This 3-day course includes 8 hours of online learning and 2 days of field sessions. It will build on the skills our 2023 Intro to Splitboarding grads learned in last spring’s course on Koma Kulshan (Mt. Baker) with Jere Burrell (he/him) owner of Guided Exposure 🏂

Thank you to our splitboard program sponsors Alano Club of Portland, Guided Exposure, Mountain Savvy, AIARE, Weston, Spark R&D, Backcountry Access, Inc., Hyperlite Mountain Gear, and Rocky Talkies🙏



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01/31/2024

Thank you to everyone who applied for our 2024 Mazamas + Peak Recovery PNW Basic Climb Education Program! We were overwhelmed by how many applications we received for this free 8-week intro to mountaineering course 🏔️

Peak Recovery uses a lottery system to determine class cohorts. We also reserve a certain number of spots in each of our courses for people of color, LGBTQIA+, and individuals from other historically marginalized communities. Applicants will be notified by email by Saturday, February 10th.

Thank you to our program sponsor Alano Club of Portland, BCEP community partner Mazamas, and BCEP sponsors Mountain Shop and Petzl for your support!

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01/30/2024

Yesterday, Peak Recovery PNW welcomed Sarah Lydecker (she/her) to our STAFF team, and we couldn’t be more excited! She’ll be working alongside our co-founder & Director Ali Marie Koch (she/her) as Peak’s new Program Coordinator & Outdoor Educator.

For the last year, Sarah has been pouring her heart and soul into designing and leading fun, accessible, trauma-informed courses for Peak’s rock climbing program. She identifies as an athlete, climber, and artist in recovery, and she’s already a beloved member of Team Peak. Please join us in congratulating Sarah on her exciting new role 🥳



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01/24/2024

Today is the last day to apply for our free 8-week Mazamas + Peak Recovery PNW BCEP mountaineering course. If you’ve already submitted an application or you plan to do so, please remember to complete BOTH waivers- two blue buttons under course description:

1) Acknowledgement & Assumption of Risk

2) Social Media & Photo Release

for your application to be considered. We’re stoked to kick off this awesome course which runs March 5th through April 28th!

Link to application and waivers:

https://www.peakrecoverypnw.org/mountaineering

01/23/2024

Last weekend, Peak Recovery PNW sponsored a Mental Health Literacy in the Mountains training led by Dr. Daniel Liam Cavanaugh (he/him), Ph.D., LCSW, which was attended by 44 volunteers and instructors from Peak Recovery, The Recovery Gym, Mazamas, and LEAP Wilderness Programs. Our team is already stoked for our next mental health training this weekend- Riding the Adventure Wave: Trauma-informed Facilitation Skills!

Big thank you to Dan Cavanaugh for leading this training, The Recovery Gym and Alano Club of Portland for donating space, and Thomas Franco (he/him) and Emily McEntire (they/them) for taking pictures.

01/01/2024

Happy New Year from our team of adventurers in recovery at Peak Recovery PNW 🏔️

Yesterday, a group of our program grads, instructors, and volunteers got together for a NYE tour on Wy’east. Our group splitboarded, ski toured, and snowshoed up the Palmer Glacier, then we enjoyed a post-adventure potluck in the parking lot Timberline Lodge. We’re so grateful for the amazing community we’re creating at Peak Recovery, and we’re stoked for the adventures ahead in 2024!

📸 Thomas Franco (he/him), Daniel Liam Cavanaugh (he/him), Emily McEntire (they/them), and Robin Case (she/her)

🏂 splitboards provided by Weston and bindings provided by Spark R&D

01/01/2024

Some of our Peak Recovery PNW grads, instructors, and volunteers spent New Years Eve on Wy’east splitboarding, ski touring, and snow shoeing up the climber’s trail from Timberline Lodge to the top of Palmer Glacier. It was an epic day of adventuring filled with good vibes, community, and many beautiful conversations about gratitude, hopes & dreams for 2024, and recovery. We’re excited for what’s ahead for in 2024!

📸 Thomas Franco (he/him)

🏂 provided by our sponsor Weston and bindings by Spark R&D

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12/30/2023

Donate to Alano Club of Portland today to support Peak Recovery PNW programming and be entered to win a gift set from Weston 🏂🏔️🏂

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Just two days remaining in our Give!Guide campaign and today’s the last Big Give Day, and our last door incentive day, and friends, it’s a big one!

In addition to the Big Give Day Oregon Heritage Tour giveaway, we’ve got an incredible gift bundle from to give away! Donate to our campaign today and you’re automatically entered to win a Japow x Hokkaido Backcountry Club Edition (limited) Size 159 Custom snowboard with top sheet artwork by Henry Lai and Weston x Purl Hot Pow wax.

All of today’s donations will help fund our program, so visit the link in our bio and stories to support!

12/19/2023

18 of our volunteers from Team Peak got to complete a 2-day Wilderness First Aid course last weekend. All photos are from practice scenarios (complete with stage makeup for blood and bruises- trigger warning on photo #3) led by our instructor from Pacific Wilds and NOLS Wilderness Medicine, Renee (she/her). We’re so excited for what’s ahead for Peak Recovery PNW in 2024!

We’re deeply grateful to Alano Club of Portland for sponsoring this training and for funding all our outdoor movement-based programming. Shout out to our community partner Mazamas!for donating use of their beautiful Mazamas Mountaineering Center space 🙏

Teamwork makes the dream work, and we’ve definitely got a dream team at Peak 🏔️



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