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Help us raise $80,000 for adaptive access
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The Equipment Drive · Now raising $80,000

Break barriers. Build
access.

Rugged Access Project is a 501(c)(3) that gets people of all abilities into Colorado's backcountry with adaptive gear, trained professionals, and a crew that's all in.

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Participant in a tracked wheelchair driving through a pine forest.
Goal $80,000  for adaptive gear
Trackchair day, 2025 pilot season39.64°N 106.37°W
Mission & approach

Physical limitations should never decide who gets to go outside.

01 · Access

Gear that handles real terrain

We match each participant with the adaptive equipment they need for a safe, smooth, and memorable day out: tracked chairs, rafts, and rigs built for dirt.

02 · Support

A trained pro who understands

Our founder, Justin Callison, is a physical therapist in the Vail Valley who brings clinical skill and backcountry experience to every outing.

03 · Community

Trips that feel like team wins

Everyone shares the effort and the celebration, building connections that last well beyond the trailhead.

The Equipment Drive

Four pieces of gear. A lot more of Colorado.

At Rugged Access Project, we believe physical limitations should never determine someone's opportunity to access the outdoors. The Equipment Drive is our current priority: adaptive gear that opens Colorado's rivers, trails and backcountry. Gifts also fund the programs, people and upkeep that put that gear to work.

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Equipment fundraising goal

$80,000

  • Equipment targets$74,500
  • Contingency$5,500
Participant seated in an adaptive frame on a blue raft at the edge of a Colorado river.
01 / Rivers

Adaptive Rafting Setup

$22,000

Provides individuals with significant physical disabilities the opportunity to experience Colorado's rivers through accessible rafting and fishing adventures.

Hunter in blaze orange seated in a tracked wheelchair in a meadow below golden aspens.
02 / Backcountry

Axis 40 Trackchair

$23,000

Gives hunters with significant mobility limitations, including high-level quadriplegia, access to rugged backcountry terrain that would otherwise be inaccessible.

Black four-wheel-drive adaptive off-road chair parked on a rocky trail above an aspen valley and snowy peaks.
03 / Trails

Big Rig 4WD

$14,500

Expands our ability to accommodate participants with different mobility needs on outdoor trails, hunting trips, and camping adventures.

Jumping Jack tent trailer set up as a basecamp beside a pickup truck.
04 / Basecamp

Jumping Jack Trailer

$15,000

Creates a mobile basecamp for multi-day adventures while transporting adaptive equipment into remote locations.

The $80,000 goal reflects our current adaptive equipment priorities. Targets are estimates, and actual spending may shift with equipment costs, participant needs, program development and operating needs.

Desert duck camo Rugged Access rope hat on a boulder in an aspen grove. Proceeds → Adaptive access
The Hat Collection

Wear the mission.

Our mountain and RA patches on truckers and rope hats built for the trailhead. Every hat sold helps fund the gear above and the trips it makes possible.

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2025 pilot season

Early days. Real miles.

We're just getting started. Help us grow these numbers this year.

2Pilot trips
2Participants
1Adaptive rig

Being back in the forest and the mountains gave me a sense of freedom and excitement that's really hard to find in everyday life.

Brian Biggs · Pilot season participant
Hunter in a tracked chair sitting in a Colorado field with a harvested deer.
Colorado aspen grove at sunset with orange and yellow foliage.
Support team member and participant in a power chair fighting a fish from the riverbank.
Participant in a tracked wheelchair lining up a shot with an instructor's help.
Red fox sitting in the snow in Colorado.

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