We accompany grassroots programs around the world to build pathways of mountain access for at-risk youth.
Small projects can move mountains with just a bit o’ love from a global community. See what we’re up to.
2026: Meet Chamonix Welcome Collective
Access to the mountains is access to a global community.
25 year-long student lift passes to refugee teens in the alps
Read more about what we’ve been doing with this program the last two years.
See CWC’s website here.
There’s teenage refugees in Chamonix?
There are around 150 young men, age 14-19, who live just biking distance from Chamonix. MBB’s founder moved there and discovered the “Chamonix Welcome Collective” where for two years she’s been building mountain and community access for the refugee teens in local youth homes in the valley just below Mont Blanc.
“8vos a los 30s” Ep#2: Valeria Valera
with Ambassador Andrea Castillo
empowering Indigenous young women & their communities through climbing
Ambassador Andrea Castillo Piedra
Cochauma, EC during 1 week of community building with locals.
Ep 2: Valeria Valera | Cochauma, to Cochamó
“Octavos a los Treintas” empowers indigenous women of Ecuador to travel, climb and take on socio-environmental projects in their local communities and climbing areas. Read more about Andrea and Valeria, the film, and community. Donate here on DonorBox >
How to donate your gear to support youth:
Climbers:
Sell your used outdoor gear for MBB via Rerouted
Climbing Gyms:
Donate your lost & found.
email tiff@mountains beyond borders.org
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