Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center

There are not enough words to thank BOEC for what they do for differently-abled individuals and their families. My deepest gratitude goes to Brandon, Grace, and Marty—but especially Brandon. Thank you for giving my son the experience of a lifetime. Watching him feel the wind on his face as he flew down the mountain is something I have only ever dreamed he might get to experience. You, Marty, and Grace made that dream a reality. Every single person there is truly an angel on earth. Five stars are not nearly enough to reflect the impact of what you do. I wholeheartedly recommend BOEC, and we will absolutely be back.

We had a great experience with my daughter’s adaptive ski lesson. She loved it and wants to go again. Sophie and Davis were great with her and I felt comfortable letting her go learn with them. She was so excited. They even sent photos and videos. Highly recommend.

I highly doubt they’ll ever receive less than 5 stars but I’ll help fortify just in case. If you’re allergic to having legendary fun then definitely don’t come here! They were great hosts for the ski spectacular event and I can’t wait until next year!

I cannot recommend Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center enough! We came up yesterday for my special needs triplets to do Adaptive Snowboard lessons and I was terrified. Each of my kids are medically complex and have Autism or Developmental delay, 25 weekers. When the kids walked out of the main room to go to the mountain, I cried, I have never taken them to do something like this and me not being right on top of them had me spinning out. I sat at Maggie's eagle eyeing the entire time, ready to jump in case of emergency or any signs of crisis. Thankfully I met another special needs family who calmed my nerves about it and kept me anchored to the ground. I finally couldn't take it anymore and went to check on them.... Every single one of my kids were grinning from ear to ear, even my high level autistic kiddo who rarely smiles was flashing happiness all over his face. The kids were just the most joyous little people, I almost didn't recognize them! They loved learning to snowboard and they talked about the staff all night long and how they can't wait to go again today. This has been rough, being a single mom and trying to navigate special needs children on my own while stepping waaaaay out of my comfort zone, and theirs to really. Even getting up here to the vacation rental was a nightmare with a gas leak, no heat the first night, blah blah blah. And the money!!?? OMG do not get me started on how much this all cost me, I'm up to my eyeballs in 'debt' to do this, might need to play the lottery for next time😂 but I don't regret it for one single second. Do go to BOEC, do take advantage of their adaptive program, do take the advice of staff when they tell you to go to Maggie's for coffee, and do make sure a lot of pictures are taken! Because it was WORTH it!!! God Bless them all!! (And do donate to their program of so inclined!)

Last week my teenage son w/ intellectual disabilities and low gross and fine motor skills skied for the first time ever with the BOEC. We enrolled him for 3 days and by the last day he was riding the Quick Silver lift and confidently going down Silverthorne with his instructor and volunteer. I really cannot say enough good things about the BOEC and the instructors, Austin, Henry and Tyler, and the volunteers, Martin and Peter. My son gained so much confidence and just had so much fun hanging with them. He can't wait to go back next year. If you are looking for an adaptive skiing program for your child, look no further.