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Ski Areas Adaptive Programs – Keystone & Breckenridge

Breck Adaptive Center

Keystone has a year-round adaptive program and is run through the Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center.  Headquartered at The Mountain House at Keystone Resort at the base of Discovery Lift, the Keystone Adaptive Center provides alpine, skiing and snowboarding lessons to people with disabilities and other special needs.   Lessons are conducted on a personalized, one-on-one basis, and include all instruction, on-hill guiding and support, specialized equipment and lift ticket.  The Center is affiliated with the Professional Ski Instructors of America and provides all disciplines of adaptive skiing, including four-track, visually impaired, three-track, mono-skiing and bi-skiing.  In the summer months, the Center also provides programs in activities such as handcycling, rock climbing and river rafting.

The Keystone Adaptive Center is a private, non-profit educational center and is operated by the Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center, a world-renowned adaptive sports program that has provided a wide range of adaptive outdoor experiences for over 30 years.

Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center (BOEC)
Since 1976, the Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center has been providing empowering outdoor experiences to people of all abilities. The Center offers adaptive ski programs at Breckenridge and Keystone Resorts, adaptive outdoor education camps at a campus in Breckenridge and wilderness programs throughout Summit County and the region.  Activities are available year round and include skiing, snowboarding, ropes course, challenge activities, rock climbing, river rafting, canoeing and many others, all adapted to be accessible to all abilities.

For information, call 800-383-2632 or 970-453-6422, or visit www.boec.org for more information.

By Pat Harvey

President of Crescent Ski Council. Past President of Charlotte Ski and Snowboard Club in Charlotte, NC. Social Media Chair for Crescent Ski Council and the National Ski Council Federation.