The Event[s]
Trek for Life and Pedal Your Butte-Off!™ are events that raise awareness of mental health issues and high rate of suicide in high altitude communities. These events are designed to hope and help by stimulating a dialog through community education, addressing the stigma associated with mental health illness, lead the fight against suicide, and provide mental health services for those who are un(der)insured.
In these high altitude communities called the 'suicide belt,' suicide is at epidemic levels at 3 to 4 times the national average!
Walk with us to build awareness and let others know that "You Don't Have to Walk Alone!"
Pedal Your Butte-Off!™
Held on Sunday June 23rd, the 3rd Annual Pedal Your Butte Off!™ 'Challenge' is an exciting human-powered wheel event held in the Town of Crested Butte! THis fundraiser is designed to raise awareness about mental health issues and suicide prevention by getting families, friends, and children living in our community involved.
In true CB style you are 'challenged' to be as creative and inventive as possible and enter a device with wheels that is entirely human-powered! Create it. Push it. Pull it. Ride it. Enter to win and you could be the Pedal Your Butte-Off!™ BIG WHEEL for a year!
For more information about Pedal Your Butte-Off!™ visit our event page . . .
PEDAL YOUR BUTTE-OFF!™ INFORMATION
Trek For Life
Held on Saturday, September 14th during Suicide Prevention & Awareness Month the 6th Annual Trek for Life is a one day, one-way, 11-mile memorial hike on the West Maroon Trail through the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness located in the Elk Mountains of central Colorado. The 181,535-acre wilderness was established in 1980 in the Gunnison and White River national forests.
Timed to coincide with dry weather and the beauty of the turning Aspen trees, this memorial hike is designed to bring awareness to the mental health issues and the high rate of sucidie in high altitude communities.
You can help to make a difference by walking with you us and letting others know that "You Don't Have to Walk Alone!"
For more information about Trek for Life visit our event page . . .
Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Fundraisers
Since 2019 Trek for Life hikers, Pedal Your Butte-Off!™ riders, members of Out of Darkness, friends of Kyle Uhl, and the Crested Butte community have been working hard to raise funds in the fight to prevent suicide and provide mental health services for those in the community who cannot afford them.
Remember,
Whoever saves a single life saves the World.
Walk with us to make a difference in the community.
