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 Upcoming activities and trips Amazon Smile and Smiths have teamed up with CGOA to donate five  New Beaver Mountain Facilities percent of your purchases to our organization. Donating can be as easy  Ways to get involved as buying groceries or doing your holiday shopping!  Junior Adventures How to do it: Adaptive Winter Sport Amazon: Do your Holiday shopping at smile.amazon.com, select Common Lessons at Beaver Mountain Ground Outdoor Adventures as your non-profit organization and Amazon will donate five percent of your purchase to us!

Calling all skiers and snowboarders! Our Smith’s: Go online at https://www.smithsfoodanddrug.com/account/ new adaptive center at Beaver Mountain is enrollCommunityRewardsNow/ and sign up your rewards card with us. open for ski and snowboard lessons After that all you have to do is use your rewards card when making 7 days a week! purchases.

Full days: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.* Half days: 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, or Common Ground relies on donations to run our programs, and impact the 1:00 to 3:30 pm.* lives of our participants. Thank you for your support! *ski time, does not include travel time Call for Pricing

Winter Lesson Deals Must be booked two weeks in advance. New Beaver Lodge Rock Wall! School Discount - $28 per lesson, per student with school group Weekday Lesson Discount - Sign up for 5 Common Ground is proud to weekday get the 6th lesson free* present our new Beaver rock *a 20% total discount wall. Thanks to Spectrum Sports Group Discount - Sign up 5 participants on we have the opportunity to rock the same day, the 6th participant is free* *a 20% total discount climb here at our Beaver Mountain building year round (weather permitting). Our staff Sign up! have been trained on this Contact our Beaver Mountain Adaptive automatic belay system allowing Center participants to safely climb at Phone: (435) 946-3205 their own pace with proper Email: [email protected] adaptations to allow people of all abilities to experience climbing. We are so excited to rock climb at Beaver Mountain this year!

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CGOA FREE ACTIVITY COUPON Cut out and return this coupon to sign up for a free daily activity of

your choice. What have you been wanting to try? See our list of activities to pick your next adventure!

(Excludes downhill skiing and destination trips)

MS Programming 2019 Upcoming Open Destination Trips CGOA is proud to provide trips and activities specifically designed for Beaver Mountain Ski/Yurt Trip: people with Multiple Sclerosis. These trips and activities are January 10th & 11th March 21st & 22nd specifically planned to provide an opportunity for amazing outdoor Where: Beaver Mountain Cost: $130 Scholarship Cost: $90 recreation while meeting the physical needs of individuals with MS, Enjoy two days of skiing, show shoeing, and crafts at Beaver and promoting a positive group dynamic for community growth. The Mountain and a one night stay at the Beaver Mtn. Yurt. funding for this program comes from a grant from The Multiple Sclerosis Foundation. Common Ground is very grateful to receive the grant for 2019 programming, and we look Dog sledding in Jackson Hole: March 8th – 10th forward to the events this year! Where: Jackson, WY Cost: $425 Scholarship Cost: $285 Head to Jackson, WY with us to snowshoe in Grand Teton National Thurs, January 17th, 10 am - 1 pm: Hardware Ranch Sleigh Park, explore the town, and go dog sledding with Jackson Hole Ride Iditarod Sled Dog Tours. Take a tour of the Hardware Ranch Elk Refuge with CGOA this winter! Enjoy Hot Chocolate, a tour of the visitor’s center, and Explore Moab Trip: April 15th - 18th, 2018 great company. Where: Moab, UT Cost: $200 Scholarship Cost: $140 Adventure around the red rocks of Moab with CGOA, camp Tuesday, March 19th,9 - 3 pm: Beaver Mountain Day overlooking the Colorado River, and explore new areas in Explore CGOA’s new fully accessible lodge at Beaver Mountain Southern . by skiing, snowshoeing, playing games, and enjoying the view at 7,000 feet. Beaver Mountain Base Camp: June 25th - 27th Where: Cost: $145 Scholarship Cost: $75 Thurs, May 2nd, 1 - 4 pm: Cycling at the Riverdale Parkway Trail Get out of the valley and camp at Beaver Mountain, raft the Bike on the Weber Riverdale Parkway Trail with CGOA on Oneida Narrows, rock climb, and explore Logan Canyon with adaptive bikes designed to suite your every need! CGOA this June.

Spots are limited, please contact Program Manager Lauren If cost is an issue for a destination trip, please contact CGOA Program Kyllo at [email protected] to sign up! Manager, Lauren Kyllo at (435) 713-0288 or [email protected] 2019 Warfighter Ski Trip JOIN COMMON GROUND OUTDOOR ADVENTURES FOR OUR 2019 WARFIGHTER SKI TRIP! Enjoy two and a half days of adaptive skiing at Beaver Mountain Resort and three nights at a Garden City Inn by the lake, and some of the best in the USA! Free of cost to veterans and members of the armed forces with physical disabilities. Tuesday February 5th-Friday, February 8th 2019 Spots are limited, please contact us to sign up! This program was funded in part by a grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs. The opinions, findings and conclusions stated herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

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December 2018 - May 2019 Open Daily Activities December Daily Activity Descriptions: 6– Rock Climbing: 5-7 Rock Climbing at Elevation: Come rock climb with CGOA at 15– : 11-3 Elevation Climbing Gym. $10 Nordic Skiing: Nordic skiing around Beaver Mountain! $10 18– Holiday Social: 5-7 Holiday Social: Join us this holiday season with crafts, games, 28-29: Family Day at Beaver: All Day good, music, and more. FREE Family day at Beaver: Come enjoy a day at our Beaver Moun- January tain Lodge with friends and family. Call for Price. Snow Science at Beaver Mountain: Come learn all about snow 19-Nordic Skiing at Beaver: 11-3 on Beaver Mountain. $7 22– Snow Science at Beaver: 5-7 Winter Fest: Help judge the polar plunge costumes 25-26-Bear Lake Winter Fest: 11-3 and enjoy all the events of the Bear Lake Monster Winterfest. 31– Hardware Ranch: 11-3 FREE Hardware Ranch: Join us for an elk viewing wagon ride at the Hardware Ranch. $7 February Groundhog Day Social: We will be heading over to Jump the 2– Groundhog Day Social: 1-4 Moon for a fun day of crafts. FREE Snowman Contest with hot chocolate: Come test your snow- 7– Snowman Contest with hot chocolate: 4-6 man making skills with Common Ground at Willow Park, hot 12-Yoga and lunch at Beaver: 10-1 chocolate will be provided. $3 28– Snowshoe/Snow Science at Beaver: 5-8 Yoga at Beaver Mountain: Stretch your limits at 7,000 feet, at our new adaptive center! $5 Snowshoe/Snow Science : Come snowshoe with us at Beaver March Mountain and learn all about the snow there. $7 15- St. Patrick’s Day Social: 5-7 Rock Climbing at Elevation: Come rock climb with CGOA at 21– Rock Climbing at Elevation: 5-7 Elevation Climbing Gym. $10 28– Dutch oven Cook off: 5-7 Dutch oven cook off: Show everyone your best Dutch oven meal in this cook off competition. $3 30– Beaver Bash: All Day Beaver Bash: Celebrate the end of the ski season with CGOA, and watch the pond skim! Free April St. Patrick’s Day Social: Bring your families to join us in a celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. FREE 4-Rock Climbing 5-7 Bike and ice: Come ride with us from Lundstrom Park to 11– Bike and ice: 5-7 Aggie Ice and get an ice cream cone. $5 25– Geocaching: 5-7 Geocaching: Explore the Logan area hunting for treasure! $3 Spring Social: 5-7 Spring Social: Celebrate the changing season with CGOA and play games, FREE Canoe: Come on our first outdoor canoeing adventure of the May year! $5 9– Canoe: 5-7 Hike at Beaver Mountain: Explore the Beaver Mountain area 16– Hike: 5-7 when it is not covered in snow and experience our new rock 30- Rock Climbing at Beaver: 5-7 Junior Adventurers

Dates and Activities Dec. 8: Sports Night @ The Logan Rec. Center 4-6 pm Jan. 8: Evening at Beaver Mountain 4-6 pm Feb. 5: Evening at Stokes Nature Center 4-6 pm March 5: TBD 4-6 pm April 9: Scavenger Hunt @ Willow Park 4-6 pm

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