Peter Mayfield

YEARS IN TRUCKEE 19 years this time around, lived here in 1985 and ‘86 too.

WHY TRUCKEE I moved here for the glorious opportunities for embodied peak experience. Rock climbing and cross country skiing have been my major passions for 49 years. I loved climbing and skiing here as a youth, and still love it as much as a “master.” Equally important for me is a community inhabited by interesting thinkers who lean into new ideas to make the world better.

BIG LIFE Sharing nature with children! My life’s work is sharing this beautiful, spectacular Sierra region with thousands of youth and young adults. In many ways my love of this region is because it is easy to get to from Oakland. Helping underserved youth explore the top of their watershed at Donner Summit, while creating ever more effective and adventurous ways to support transformation through immersion in nature is my mission and my joy. The same for our local underserved youth. Very often, when we get kids born and raised in Truckee on a kayak or snowboard it is the first time they have had that opportunity. For very high-needs youth, those who suffer from serious emotional disturbance, complex trauma, and/or substance dependence, we go deep with serious, nature-based therapeutic programs. “Out of the Clinic and Into the Woods” is our motto and our mission.