Founded in Breckenridge in 1976, the Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center has spent nearly fifty years on one mission: expanding the potential of people with disabilities and special needs through meaningful, educational and inspiring outdoor experiences.

More than 2,500 participants come through each year — children and adults with physical and cognitive disabilities, people with sensory differences, and veterans and their families — some traveling from across the U.S. and abroad to the Wellington Road campus. Winter brings the Adaptive Ski & Snowboard Program at Breckenridge Ski Resort; summer means the Wilderness Program, with rafting, rock climbing, canoeing and an accessible high-ropes course.

For visiting families, that means world-class adaptive recreation is bookable right here in town. BOEC also runs a respected internship program training the next generation of adaptive-recreation professionals, and scholarships help keep programs within reach.