Challenge Alaska

Last week our Alaska Warriors Hockey team was in Minnesota playing hockey and also were able to take some time and explore a local Veterans Memorial Park.

That’s wrap on Summit Camp 2026! Words cannot express how amazing this year was. A special thank you to our amazing staff that worked together so seamlessly and helped to create such a fun and welcoming environment for our campers!

Also a special thank you to BlueWater BaseCamp for hosting this us this year! Teal and Russ have created such a beautiful and serene space just up the road from Eklutna Lake and were there to help us every step of the way with anything we needed!

This venue was a huge reason why this year was so successful. Check them out for weddings, retreats, or just a fun getaway spot. As a bonus they also go out of their way to create a welcoming environment for folks with physical disabilities and go far beyond ADA compliance.

Thank you for everyone for another amazing year and can’t wait to dream it all up again next year.

-Brandon

🚐🔧⛷️ Do you LOVE fixing things? Are you a creative problem solver with an insatiable desire to improve design? Enjoy being outside? Want your work to directly impact the lives of people with disabilities?

Challenge Alaska is looking for a Facilities & Equipment Manager to keep our programs running year-round in Anchorage and Girdwood.

This isn't your typical facilities job.

One day you might be coordinating snow removal before a ski lesson. The next, you're tuning adaptive ski equipment, managing our vehicle fleet, organizing adaptive bikes, troubleshooting building systems, or helping prepare equipment for a participant's first time on the slopes.

You'll oversee:
✅ Two facilities
✅ Our fleet of vehicles and trailers
✅ Adaptive ski, snowboard, cycling, and a whole host of other adaptive recreation equipment
✅ Coordination of various 3rd party contractors and vendors
✅ Equipment setup for life-changing adaptive recreation programs

We're looking for someone who is organized, mechanically inclined, self-motivated, and excited to support a mission that helps Alaskans with disabilities experience adventure, independence, and community.

If you enjoy solving problems, working with your hands, and being part of a team that changes lives every day, we want to hear from you.

📍 Anchorage & Girdwood
🕒 Full-time, year-round
❤️ Mission-driven work with an incredible team

Apply today and help make adventure accessible for everyone.

For more information, please check out our website at https://www.challengealaska.org/employment

As we are getting close to wrapping up Summit Camp 2026 we can reflect on the long, sunny days of adventures and friendships! This was the best one yet!

A huge thanks to alaskas_goldbuckle_tours for the thrilling ATV tour back towards the Knik Glacier. It was the highlight of everyone’s week! We even got to help out on a vehicle rescue!

If anyone is planning to participate in the Palmer Classic bike ride this Saturday, is traveling from Anchorage and would be willing to give someone a ride, can you please message us? They are doing the 50K and would need to be there by 9 am. One of our athletes is looking for a ride to and from the event.

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It’s hard to believe we are already halfway through Summit Camp 2026! It’s our 3rd year of our weeklong, overnight, sensory-friendly camp for autistic young adults and we are having an amazing time!

Huge thanks to nova.alaska.guides Mya, Angie and Ben for keeping us safe and being so fun to be around on The Matanuska Glacier Trek.

More adventures to come!

We proudly honor the service members who gave their lives defending our freedoms. Their sacrifice strengthens our commitment to serve our community with purpose, integrity, and gratitude.

Attention Dads! Just a reminder that TODAY from 3:30 to 5:00 come and meet David Hirsch at Special Olympics Alaska to learn more about the Special Fathers Network and receive a free copy of his book. You will get to talk about what makes being a father to someone living with special needs such a unique, challenging, and rewarding experience.

SFN U.S. Tour Video Anchorage, AK The SFN U.S. Tour is a 30-day, 50-state, 66-stop tour to encourage greater farther involvement and provide resources to families touched by special needs and...

📚 Are you a father raising a child living with a disability?

Join us Friday, May 22 from 3:30–5:00 p.m. at the Special Olympics Alaska Jim Balamaci Training Center for a very special event featuring the Special Fathers Network — a mentoring program connecting caregivers raising children with special needs.

At this free event you’ll meet mentor fathers from the Special Fathers Network and connect with other caregivers in our community.

🔗 https://21stcenturydads.org/event/sfn-u-s-tour-stop-in-anchorage/