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New Activities at YMCA of the Rockies!

09/20/2017General

We are thrilled to announce some new additions to our two properties at Estes Park Center and Snow Mountain Ranch! Combining family-fun with outdoor adventure is what we do best and we hope these additions complement our mission in regards to providing unifying experiences for friends and family of the YMCA of the Rockies. Our first addition, likely the most anticipated of them all, is our zip-line at Estes Park Center! It is located right next to the new Boone Family Mountain Center, which is set to open in the spring of 2018. After climbing the 35 ft. pole to the zip-line platform, you will fly 370 ft. across the …

ALICE Training Encourages Action

09/01/2017Featured Estes Park

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Written by Holly Collingwood Ever since the Columbine High School shooting there has been a pit in my stomach. A helpless feeling. A nagging ‘what-if’ sensation that won’t go away. When news of Columbine first broke, I worked for Partners Mentoring Youth of Estes Park, a local non-profit that matches at-risk youth with an adult volunteer mentor. I was riding in a car with former Chief of Police, Randy Repola, who was also on the Partners Mentoring advisory board. We were on our way to tour a go-kart racing facility that would be the site of our upcoming fundraiser. Violent, ragged and uncertain details dribbled from the car’s radio as …