2025-08-05T13:15:10-07:00 2024-12-31 260701023 Olson Reyes & Sauerwein LLC 5161 E Arapahoe Road Suite 100 Centennial CO 80122 990 2024-01-01 650200163 BIG CITY MOUNTAINEERS BIGC 3032719200 5394 MARSHALL STREET SUITE 200 ARVADA CO 80002 DAVID TAUS Executive Dir. 2025-07-25 true true DEREK WATADA P01751412 3038895981 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z DAVID TAUS 5394 MARSHALL STREET SUITE 200 ARVADA CO 80002 1634941 false X WWW.BIGCITYMOUNTAINEERS.ORG X 1990 CO Big City Mountaineers provides transformative experiences through connections to nature that strengthen life skills and build community for youth from disinvested communities. 15 15 15 68 0 1181033 1432861 9600 8663 37189 60233 41969 9184 1269791 1510941 0 0 725510 795393 0 167204 567778 448309 1293288 1243702 -23497 267239 1798133 2018757 70494 82571 1727639 1936186 Big City Mountaineers provides transformative experiences through connections to nature that strengthen life skills and build community for youth from disinvested communities. false false 999141 8663 BIG CITY MOUNTAINEERS PROVIDES FREE, FULLY OUTFITTED AND PROFESSIONALLY LED, WILDERNESS MENTORING PADDLING EXPEDITIONS, BACKPACKING TRIPS, AND OVERNIGHT CAMPS FOR YOUTH FROM UNFAIRLY MARGINALIZED AND DISINVESTED COMMUNITIES. OUR MODEL REMOVES MATERIAL AND SOCIAL BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. WE OUTFIT OUR STUDENTS FROM HEAD TO TOE TO ENSURE THEY ARE WARM, DRY, AND SAFE. MANY OF OUR STUDENTS DO NOT SEE THEMSELVES IN POPULAR REPRESENTATIONS OF OUTDOOR CULTURE SO WE PROVIDE A COMMUNITY OF PEERS WITH WHOM THEY CAN SHARE THESE EXPERIENCES, WHILE SURROUNDING THEM WITH CARING ADULT MENTORS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT. WE STRIVE TO INCREASE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW NATURAL SPACES ARE CONNECTED TO THEIR LIVES BACK HOME AND CAN SERVE AS A RESOURCE FOR GREATER PERSONAL WELLBEING AND HAPPINESS. 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