Snowmass Village is home to the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic this week for its 17th consecutive season.

The winter sports clinic, hosted by both the Disabled American Veterans organization and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, is the largest rehabilitative program of its kind in the world.

By providing disabled veterans the opportunity to participate in several adaptive sports and activities — including kayaking, curling, fly-fishing, bowling, scuba diving, hockey, rock climbing, skiing, snowshoeing and sledding — the clinic challenges and empowers veterans to reach new limits, said David Riley, national commander for Disabled American Veterans.

“The only limits we have, as disabled veterans, are the ones we put on ourselves,” said Riley, a retired Coast Guard rescue swimmer and quadruple amputee. “But limits are made to be broken.” Continue Reading