The National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic is scheduled to return to the mountains of Colorado in 2026, and interested veterans can now submit an application to participate.
The annual event, co-presented by DAV and the Department of Veterans Affairs, will take place April 4–11. The clinic is a leader in adaptive winter sports instruction for disabled veterans, promoting world-class health care at a one-of-a-kind rehabilitative event. Known as “Miracles on a Mountainside,” the clinic offers veterans opportunities for self-development and challenge through sports therapy and rehabilitative adaptive activities, including Alpine and Nordic skiing, rock climbing, sled hockey, and scuba diving.
Participation is open to U.S. military veterans with qualifying disabilities such as spinal cord injuries, orthopedic amputation, blindness and low vision, and certain neurological conditions. Veterans who currently have inpatient or outpatient status at VA medical facilities will have first priority.
The Flatirons are rock formations in the western United States, near Boulder, Colorado, consisting of flatirons. There are five large, numbered Flatirons ranging from north to south (First through Fifth, respectively) along the east slope of Green Mountain (elev. 8,148 ft or 2,484 m), and the term "The Flatirons" sometimes refers to these five alone. Numerous additional named Flatirons are on the southern part of Green Mountain, Bear Peak, and among the surrounding foothills.
