VAIL – After a two-year halt due to COVID-19 restrictions, summer programs are back for the vets participating in the Vail Veterans Program. The summertime version of the successful winter program brings military wounded and their families out for a week of fun, comradery and growth with the mountains as a backdrop.

“Vail Veterans Program is thrilled to resume the 2022 Summer Family Program, along with our summer Family Support Programs. Our veterans and their families have the opportunity to connect with one another through activities and new experiences, learn new coping mechanisms and heal together in the Colorado Rockies,” said Jenn Brown, executive director of the Vail Veterans Program.

What was founded in 2004 by Cheryl Jensen as a program that brought wounded vets and their families out to participate in winter sports such as adaptive skiing, snowboarding and ski biking, has expanded into the summer and includes a vast amount of summertime sports and recreational activities like rafting, fly-fishing, zip-lining, and adaptive biking.

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