Creede, Colorado
5-Day Wilderness Retreat
Applications are now open — reviewed March–May · Retreats held in August 2027
Who We Are
An average of 17.5 veterans die by suicide every day in the United States. More emergency responders now die by suicide than in the line of duty. Nearly 80% of all suicides in America are men, and most of them will never seek treatment.
These men are not going to sign up for counseling. But they will say yes to five days in the Colorado mountains with a group of men who understand.
The best thing you can do for a family is light a fire in the man who leads it. That is what Lost Trails exists to do.
Lost Trails Foundation helps men rediscover the trail back to who they were made to be, through adventure, brotherhood, and faith in the Colorado backcountry.
Built On
Horses, fly rods, backcountry Colorado. For many of the men who come, it is the first time in years they have done something just for the experience of it. That is enough to start opening a man up.
Six men. Five days. Nowhere to perform. By day five, men are having conversations they have never had with anyone. Those bonds do not end when the trip does.
The teaching is Christ-centered and grounded in the belief that every man was made on purpose, for a purpose. You do not have to be a Christian to attend. The question we come back to: Who did God actually make me to be?
Donate
Sends one man into the mountains
$2,200 fully funds one man's retreat. $12,950 funds an entire retreat for all six men. Every dollar goes directly to program costs. Every donor receives a personal update after the retreat.
Donate NowLost Trails Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
All donations are tax-deductible.
Send men into the mountains. Bring them home different.