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Mountain Wilderness: Engage at Altitude

Since 1988, Mountain Wilderness has stood at the crossroads of environmental protection and responsible adventure. This international NGO, organized in national chapters, is dedicated to defending wild mountain landscapes from harmful development while promoting respectful outdoor practices.
Their philosophy? Wilderness is not just a place—it’s a mindset. It’s where solitude, silence, and raw nature invite a deep, creative dialogue between humans and the Earth.
Among their most meaningful campaigns:

Work Camps – Restore the Mountain : Many old structures—ski lifts, pylons, concrete blocks, abandoned military or industrial installations—still scar mountain landscapes. Though obsolete, they remain in place, creating environmental, visual, and safety hazards.
Mountain Wilderness organizes volunteer work camps to:

- Identify and map abandoned infrastructure
- Dismantle and remove obsolete installations
- Raise public awareness on the issue
- Advocate for legal obligations to dismantle after use

Volunteers play a crucial role in this hands-on restoration work—direct action that heals the landscape and reconnects people to it.
Slow Mobility – Changing the Approach: As a pioneer of low-impact travel in the mountains, Mountain Wilderness promotes car-free access to nature. They organise car-free mountain outings with the aim of taking photos for communication campaigns on social networks.
Volunteers can join these outings and help share a new narrative: one that values immersion, slowness, and connection over convenience and speed.
Respectful Outdoor Practices: Recreational sports are part of mountain culture—but they must evolve to respect fragile ecosystems.
​​​​Through education and dialogue, they help communities and practitioners reimagine sport as a form of environmental responsibility.
 

Where / Served area: Europe

Website: www.mountainwilderness.org

Why on TravaPowa: True travel is about more than reaching a summit—it’s about how we get there, why we go, and the legacy we leave behind.
Mountain Wilderness invites altitude lovers to rethink their relationship with the mountains—not as playgrounds to conquer, but as wild spaces to respect and protect.

By promoting slow mobility and hands-on engagement, they reframe exploration as a quiet resistance to extractive, consumerist tourism. Their work blends freedom with responsibility, empowering both locals and travellers to co-create new, regenerative ways of being in nature.

Participating in a volunteer camp or a car-free hike isn’t just a weekend trip—it’s a meaningful act of environmental stewardship. You’ll not only help restore landscapes, but you’ll also restore your own connection to the wild.

In a time of climate crisis and ecological loss, Mountain Wilderness reminds us that adventure and activism go hand in hand. Their work regenerates the land, connects people, and transforms the idea of what travel can be.

Take Action:  Want to enable impactful youth mobility and boost your CSR/ESG commitment on the topics of mountain protection and restoration? Get in touch with the TravaPowa team.

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