No Barriers USA, which provides programs for veterans with visible and invisible disabilities, is excited to launch its 2024 season by opening applications for its No Barriers Warriors programs on January 9, 2024.
No Barriers Warriors will have several programs for veterans with disabilities: basecamp experiences in Red Feather, Colorado, and backcountry expeditions in the Rocky Mountains of Wyoming and Northern Colorado, as well as the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina.
No Barriers Warriors enhances the lives of disabled veterans through the No Barriers framework, a systematic and enduring approach to overcoming barriers. By integrating interactive online courses with an extraordinary multi-day, in-person, outdoor experience, the three-month program cultivates camaraderie and shifts mindsets, connecting veterans to the following elements:
- Community: strengthens a sense of belonging
- Identity: develops a clear vision of who the veteran is
- Purpose: creates a long-term impact with positivity about the future
- Belief: what’s within you is stronger than what’s in your way
Basecamp Experiences: Colorado
Basecamp experiences at the No Barriers Mountain Campus feature a day of climbing on their accessible challenge course or rocky crag, whitewater rafting, and a destination day hike to one of the fantastic locations in the surrounding Rocky Mountains. This is wrapped up with a No Barriers Life curriculum, campfire conversations, and a healthy disconnect from the busy world.
Backcountry Expeditions: Colorado, Wyoming, & North Carolina
Backcountry expeditions lead veterans into the wilderness as they embark on physically demanding 12 to 15-mile backpacking trips. As veterans venture off the beaten path, they strengthen their bonds as a team and push themselves physically, emotionally, and mentally to overcome challenges. Backcountry expeditions offer a multi-day, unique, demanding, and unifying experience, all in front of nature’s most incredible backdrops.
The 2024 program season features four Basecamp trips in Red Feather Lakes, Colorado (June 28-July 2, July 12-16, July 26-30, and Aug 1-5) and five backcountry trips: June 5-9 in Asheville, NC, Aug. 13-19 in Wyoming, Aug 22-28 in Colorado, Sept. 5-11 in Colorado, and Sept. 15-21 in Wyoming. Applications are currently available on the No Barriers USA website at https://nobarriersusa.org/programs/warriors/.
Please get in touch with No Barriers Warriors with questions at warriors@nobarriersusa.org or (970) 484-3633, ext. 305.
