How Ridge Mountain Overcame Flooding and Tragedy to Create a Different Kind of Mountain Academy

Four years ago, Billy O'Donnell set out to build a one-of-its-kind gap year academy designed to prepare students for leadership roles in the outdoor industry. In the years since, the school has been beset by maladies including deaths to staff members and flood damage, but it has managed to flourish in spite of it all.

RIDGE Mountain Academy - The Snowboarders Journal

Can you imagine a school that gets more done with deep, snowy days than it does without? An institution with students who use splitboards and backcountry beacons more often than they do calculators? Former pro skier Billy O'Donnell imagined such a school and made it a reality.