Teton Adaptive is extremely excited to announce that it has received a grant from the Outride Fund to provide more biking opportunities for youth in our community. Outride is a non–profit organization that is committed to empowering communities through providing grants and so much more.  Since the majority of our programs and equipment serve the adults within our community we recognize the gap and that it is crucial to provide more access and opportunities for recreation to our younger population who live in or visit the Greater Teton Area. Our youth programs have largely been limited due ..read more

We are thrilled to announce that Audrey Lloyd has joined Teton Adaptive as our new Program and Events Manager. ? With her extensive experience as a part-time Teton Adaptive employee and adaptive ski instructor, Audrey brings a wealth of knowledge and exceptional talents to enhance our mission and deliver exceptional events and programs for the adaptive community. Audrey Lloyd was born in the South, but fortunate to find her way to the Intermountain West in her early twenties. She holds a B.A. in Studio Art from Hendrix College in Arkansas, and worked several years as an art educator. She reali ..read more

This past weekend we got the chance to take two Team Bronco Ambassadors, Micayla Gatto and Tyrhee Moore, riding in Jackson Hole to introduce them to adaptive mountain biking (aMTB)! They’d never been on adaptive mountain bikes so they had a brief lesson on Bowhead Reach adventure bikes and the athletes learned really quickly on the accessible trails in the Cache Creek area. They also came to Jackson Hole to hand deliver a $20,000 grant from the Bronco Wild Fund to Teton Adaptive for which we are super grateful! The outing was just part of much bigger project from a partnership between Ford Br ..read more

Dear Teton Adaptive Supporters, As 2022 comes to an end, it’s worth pressing the pause button to reflect on how many smiles we were able to create this past year. Many people living with disabilities both locally and visiting were able to enjoy more activities than ever before due the efforts of our staff, volunteers and partners at Teton Adaptive. Our staple programs like skiing and sled hockey continue to hold strong and provided over 150 individuals with disabilities the opportunity to get out with their friends and families. We were able to grow our newer programs including adaptive mounta ..read more

Kaelyn and her mother flew high in the sky above the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Teton Village, Wyoming. Mother Angela watched Kaelyn flying in a wheeled paragliding chair and trained pilot while she did a tandem flight with another pilot from JH Paragliding. Adaptive paragliding has been available for two full summers now. Hit them up and take flight! The post Mother and Daughter Paragliding in Jackson Hole first appeared on Teton Adaptive ..read more

Teton Adaptive is delighted to announce it has tapped Joe Stone to serve as its next executive director. As the former director of mission, Stone is uniquely positioned to ensure the mission and vision are consistently carried out internally and well communicated to the greater Teton community and beyond, to continue cultivating partnerships and in developing staff and volunteers. “Joe’s inclusive influence has already had rippling effects in the Jackson Hole community and we know that his innovative approach will help the organization continue to flourish and achieve its big goals,” said Boar ..read more

Want to learn about Universal Trail Design and who this type of inclusive mountain bike trail-building philosophy benefits? Lend your ear to this podcast with Josh Blum of Trail EAffect interviewing Joe Stone to find out more. Please click the link above to play it via a Spotify app, or go to the Trail EAffect page to find more podcasting options like Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and more: https://traileaffect.podbean.com The post Podcast: Universal Trail Design with Joe Stone on Trail EAffect first appeared on Teton Adaptive ..read more

Tune in to Move United’s poodcast called, ‘Redefining Disbability’ to hear Shaun Butcher interview Joe Stone about outdoor recreation and disability. In 2010, Joe Stone nearly died after crashing into a mountain at almost 50 MPH while speed flying, a form of paragliding. The accident left him with a spinal cord injury leaving him paralyzed from the chest down and with impairment in both his hands. Joe’s work has been focused on bridging the gap between people with and without disabilities through outdoor recreation and has traveled the country speaking and serving as an advocate for people wi ..read more

The Buckrail article entitled, Making GTNP more accessible for people with disabilities, by Julie Ellison features the work that Teton Adaptive has been working on and how numerous partnerships help to make that work possible. “Increasing access for those with disabilities is definitely an NPS-wide initiative, and prior to the plan, [GTNP was] involved in making improvements to accessibility, but we were doing it more piece-meal as we had projects come up,” Reus said. “Now with the plan, one of our biggest tasks is putting it into place.” That’s where Stone and Teton Adaptive come in. “He pro ..read more

In this chat on The Jackson Hole Connection podcast, Joe shares the story of how a speed flying accident in 2010 changed the course of his life. The accident left Joe an incomplete C7 quadriplegic, meaning he is paralyzed from the chest down and has impairment in both his hands. Within a year of his accident, he overcame the challenges of being in a coma and rehabilitation to become the first quadriplegic to bike the Going-to-the-Sun-Road in Glacier. Joe then shares with Stephan Abrams another big first that you’ll have to listen to the episode to find out. Joe and Stephan then discuss the wo ..read more