Program areas at The Mountaineers
Publishing: includes Mountaineers books, skipstone, and braided river imprints. A leading publisher of outdoor recreations, sustainability, and conservation titles. Books support The environmental and educational goals of The organization by providing expert information on human-powered activity, preservation of wild places, and sustainable practices at home and on The trail. We support cultural heritage through outdoor literature, history, biography, and adventure narrative. Skipstone titles encourage backyard activism and community benefit. Braided river titles inspire citizen action to preserve biodiversity in western north america. We distribute more than 550,000 books annually. We produce approximately 30 new titles per year and our catalog offers over 600 active titles in print and ebook.
Adult programs: volunteer led and outdoor focus on education and conservation experiences. The programs are designed to connect individuals with The outdoors, teach safe and responsible recreation skills and outdoor ethics which promote conservation and low impact techniques. Same environment for adult programs as youth education programs.
Youth education: over 3,100 volunteers organize 3,200 educational programs and trips related to outdoor activities. Programs focus on providing outdoor education and conservation experiences. The programs are designed to connect individuals with The outdoors and reach safe and responsible recreations skills and outdoor ethics which promote conservation and low impact techniques. The Mountaineers offers approximately 10,000 outdoor youth experiences through 3 programs: summer camp, a year-round adventuring program and mountain workshops, a youth outreach program of disadvantaged youth. We also offer need-based pricing to over 50% of The participants in our youth outreach. These programs teach youth self-reliance, self-confidence, and promote a healthy active outdoor lifestyle as well as giving them lifelong outdoor skills.
In addition to The above programs The Mountaineers also offers conservation and advocacy, memberships, events and room rentals, leadership development and global adventures.