Catamount Institute

Catamount Institute provides award-winning, science-based environmental education programs, outdoor recreational activities, and leadership training to youth in the Pikes Peak region. These programs bring the wonder of the outdoors and a fascination for science to young participants; they also move underserved youth away from sedentary lifestyles and to outdoor classrooms, improving their physical, mental and emotional health. Most of the schools we serve have a high proportion of students from lower-income families, some with poverty rates above 87%. We offer scholarships to 30-40% of our student participants. Our programs provide our youth with a safe, healthy, and educational place to go after school, during the Summer, and over Spring Break.