And so it begins… help us complete our fundraising!

Work at the Skyway Station project site has begun! Under a permit from the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), our contractors have cleared trees from the building site in advance of the excavation work. We will be holding an official ground-breaking ceremony in the next few weeks. Stay tuned for an announcement on that.

As we previously shared, the USFS released a decision memo granting official permission for GMNC to construct the Skyway Station. This document allowed us to proceed with the Mesa County building code and permitting process and we’re working with Chamberlin Architects and Cristee Meade Building Company to finalize facility design and construction details.

We’ve raised $1.45 million to date, enough to construct the main building — the community space, operations basement, snowmobile storage area and the off-grid energy system.

We just secured a $100,000 grant from the Goodwin Foundation and several five-figure individual donations, leaving us with only $160,000 left to raise in order to cover the remaining cost of the snowcat garage.

Will you help us get there?

We intend to complete the entire project by the end of the 25/26 ski season. If we don’t raise the remaining funds by early fall, we will have to delay completion of the snowcat garage. We’re so close! Your donation will help us finish in one season.

More than 200 individuals, families, businesses and grantors have donated to this project, and we are grateful for this groundswell of support. Won’t you join us? Please consider making a gift to help complete this project on budget and on schedule.

Giving to this project is an opportunity to support GMNC while also lowering your tax burden. The Skyway Station campaign has Enterprise Zone status, which means that if you give $250 or more, you’re eligible to receive a Colorado tax credit worth 25 percent of your donation. You have five years to use the credit.

If you are 70 1/2 or older and have an IRA, you can withdraw up to $100,000 from that fund and donate it to GMNC, tax-free. 

Skyway Station will protect our community and grooming equipment, helping to sustain our organization.

Donate online or by check sent to GMNC, P.O. Box 4034, Grand Junction, CO 81502.