Crosscut’s Mission, Vision, and Values
More than just a mountain sports center — we are a true community
Crosscut Mountain Sports Center is a nonprofit organization providing outdoor recreation, sports training, and education for people of all backgrounds, ages, and abilities. With welcoming facilities and extraordinary trails in a landscape of pristine natural beauty, we offer community connection, solitude, and inspiration for our community and those who wish to visit.
Today and into the future, Crosscut seeks to embody a welcoming environment for all ages, abilities, identities, and backgrounds, while preserving the enduring vitality of the land.
Our Vision
To empower healthy community by connecting people and nature.
Our Mission
Crosscut Mountain Sports Center provides year-round recreation, sports training, and outdoor education opportunities for everyone through our simple yet exceptional facilities and trails.
Our Values
Crosscut serves as a connective bridge between diverse philosophies, opportunities, and actions. We create and honor healthy balance in all that we do and all we stand for. We believe our core values are best understood as pieces of the whole. This wide-angle view allows us to make wiser choices, act with greater compassion, and cultivate a worthy legacy we can all be proud of.
Community
Crosscut offers community connection — from familiar faces to new friends we foster a welcoming atmosphere for all. We teach and practice respect for self, others, and the natural world, recognizing the inherent worth of each.
Responsibility
We carry out our work with care and responsibility for current and future generations, as well as our landscapes. We recognize the deep interconnectedness of people and places across space and time. We strive to balance access to our programs with our long-term financial sustainability.
Inclusivity
We provide welcoming and accessible opportunities in the outdoors for people of all ages, abilities, identities, and backgrounds. We support relevant and diverse programs – both our own and those of our partner organizations.
Personal Growth
We support a wide range of visitors, nurturing both body and mind, so our community members may wholeheartedly and joyfully pursue that which fulfills them. We recognize the thrill of active pursuits, the wonder of learning new things, the freedom of spontaneous play, and solitude in the outdoors, as important avenues for personal growth.
Working Together to Make a Difference
Dedicated to community service and environmental responsibility
Crosscut works to serve the best interests of all our stakeholders: people, community, wildlife, and landscapes. With a wide variety of year-round programs, partnerships, and initiatives, we do our best to enhance the opportunities we offer, while stewarding what we hold in trust.