The 10th Mountain Division Foundation supports initiatives and organizations that honor the outdoor legacy and ideals of the 10th Mountain Division and its soldiers, past, present and future.

Our mission is to preserve and enhance the legacy of the 10th Mountain Division for future generations.

Our vision is to preserve and enhance the legacy of the 10th Mountain Division while becoming a valued part of the lives of its members, their families, and their descendants into the 21st Century

Our organization is a confederation of many individuals, all of whom have an interest in history. The organization is a vessel that lets a group of individuals each tell a part of a bigger story. We are made up of teachers and students, businessmen and retirees, active, reserve, and retired military. The overriding theme is an interest in WWII history and in the legacy of the 10th Mountain Division. We are all unpaid volunteers, serving as docents, interpreters, and historians. We have NO paid staff positions, which keeps all of our funding focused on the exhibits. For the most part, it is a series of personal collections that integrate to tell the overarching story that is the 10th Mountain Division.

The 10th Mountain Division Descendants exists to preserve and enhance the legacy of the WWII 10th Mountain Division and 10th Mountain Division (LI) for future generations.

If you are interested in helping to preserve the legacy of the 10th Mountain Division, please join our organization to help us accomplish this goal.

Hosted by veteran alpinist and climbing historian Christian Beckwith, Ninety-Pound Rucksack is a podcast about the US Army’s 10th Mountain Division and the dawn of America’s ca. $1T outdoor recreation industry.