WHAT’S YOUR
EVEREST 2025
LET'S ROPE UP!
Saturday, September 6
8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Winter Park Resort, CO
$85/adult | $75/child
(includes your gondola ticket)
Tickets on sale until August 20
WHAT IS,
WHAT’S YOUR EVEREST?
What’s Your Everest (WYE) is our signature annual community event—an inclusive mountain adventure day, where individuals of all abilities, ages, and backgrounds work together in “Rope Teams” to climb toward a literal and symbolic summit. It is also a major fundraiser for No Barriers!
What’s Your Everest is an ideal event for adult and youth adaptive athletes, injured veterans, caregivers, families, and their support network — including No Barriers program alumni as well as folks new to No Barriers.
Whether you or someone you are supporting on the mountain faces physical, emotional, or societal barriers, everyone is welcomed to join in the day’s shared mission: To find your personal Everest—and rise to meet it.
If you purchase a rope team ($800), you have paid for up to 10 hikers to participate in the event, and to ride the gondola down. You will be asked to provide all participant names and info when you register. If you can’t field a full team, we can help you fill spots with people you haven’t met yet. Unfortunately we cannot give refunds for partially filled teams.
A “Rope Team” represents what it means to collaborate and connect with others to build a strong community. At the event, it is the literal team you will hike with. We love when people sign up as a team. But if you need help finding your team, sign up as an individual and we’ll find you a team.
We will hike Summer Hill Road from the base area to the top. It is 3.9 miles long, with 1500 ft. elevation gain, topping out at roughly 11,500ft.
This is a maintained, compacted dirt road that will hold its structure in wet weather. We will have three aid stations (water, snacks, logistical support) along the route. Restrooms will be available at the base, at the summit, and about halfway up the trail. Should you need support reaching the summit, van transport will be available.
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM
Equipment Fitting (only for participants borrowing equipment)
8:30 AM – 9:15 AM
Check-in & Breakfast
9:30 AM – 10:15 AM
Welcome & Program
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM
Rope Team Organization
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Hike Begins! (Rolling Start)
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Lunch & Post-Hike Celebration
No, those with a 2024/25 or 2025/26 Ikon or Winter Park season passes that are valid on the weekend do not need to purchase a gondola ticket for the ride from the summit back to the base after the hike to the top. Use promo code “SEASONPASS” at checkout to receive a discount, and be sure to bring your pass on event day!
Accessible parking is available in the Moffet Lot (handicap tag required). From the Moffet Lot, it’s a short, paved walk/roll to West Portal Lodge, where event check-in and breakfast will take place.
General parking is available in the North Bench Lot. from there, follow the bridge across to West Portal Lodge. Additional parking is available in the Parking Garage.
All parking is complimentary.
Winter Park Resort has offered a discounted lodging link for event participants, while supplies last. You find additional lodging available on their website.
There is a LOT going on in early September. Check out some ideas of things to do in Winter Park (the town), and at Winter Park (the resort).
There are two primary ways to fundraise for No Barriers. We are entirely funded by individual and corporate donations, and deeply appreciate your support!
1 – Set up your personal fundraising page and share it with your friends and family. Have fun with it! Challenge your friends and family to match your effort with their dollars. Get started here, and select “start a fundraiser” to be guided through building your own page.
2 – Make a donation to No Barriers. It’s not fancy, but it works.
FIND YOUR EVEREST
AND RISE TO MEET IT
COMMUNITY EVENT
200+ participants!
All ages, abililties, backgrounds
TOUCH THE TOP TOGETHER
Work in teams!
3.9 miles to summit
1500 ft. elevation gain
Breakfast, snacks, lunch included
FUNDRAISER FOR NO BARRIERS
Benefiting youth, adults,
veterans, and caregivers
affected by disabilities
THE STOKE IS HIGH!
We will meet at the main base area of Winter Park on Saturday September 6th at 8:30AM for check-in, breakfast, and words of encouragement from event leaders before heading up the hill. Everyone will hike with a team to get to the top, enjoying outstanding views along the way. Then we’ll ride the gondola back down to the bottom, where lunch, music, and merriment will await.
Presented in partnership
We are ecstatic and grateful
to be partnered with the
National Sports Center for the Disabled,
our host of What’s Your Everest 2025!
Become a Sponsor
We are proud to partner with like-minded organizations and individuals interested in sponsoring this one-of-a-kind mountain experience. Our sponsors make this event possible and support the mission-driven work that No Barriers does.
Other Opportunities
PHOTO, VIDEO, & DRONE VOLUNTEERS
We are always seeking passionate photographers and videographers to join us onsite at the base lodge and on the mountain to capture the pure joy and camaraderie of What’s Your Everest.
MAKE A DONATION
If you would like to help more people affected by disabilities access our life-changing programs and events, please donate to No Barriers today. Every amount makes an impact.
OUR FAVORITE
DAY OF THE YEAR
