HOW TO REGISTER OR JOIN THE WAIT LIST:

1) Click the signup button above. (If the retreat is full, the button will read "Join waitlist.") You will see a screen that says you can't sign up "until you submit the newly required form." Click the button that says "View required form" and then click on "2025 retreat registration form" to open the form.  Complete the 2025 retreat registration form. This is where you tell us about your dietary preferences, fitness level, and medical issues.

2) After you complete the retreat registration form and submit it, you will be back on this page where you can click the signup button to complete your registration. Your registration is not complete until you do this. You will know you are done when the button changes from "signup" to "cancel signup." You will also get an email confirming your registration for the retreat.

3) You will get an email with a link to download a medical clearance form for your doctor to sign. Click the button in the email, and then download the form by clicking on the link on the web page. After your physician signs the form, you will need to upload it by logging in to your LBL account (use the login button at the top of any page of our website). The first screen you see will ask you for the form. We understand it will take time to have your physician complete the form. We ask that you upload the form at least 3 weeks before your retreat, if possible. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us. You must submit this form to be allowed to attend the retreat.

4) You can register for other LBL events that don't require a medical form (like hikes, walks or on-line programs) while you are waiting to get the form from your physician. To get past the page telling you to upload the form, just click on the event calendar button. 

PLEASE NOTE:

1) If you are a survivor who wants to bring a caregiver (or vice-versa), the two of you must please register separately. Registering as a retreat participant does not automatically register the person you want to attend with. 

2) People on the waitlist often get to come on the retreat, provided they have submitted their physician's clearance form. Often, spots open up within a week of the trip. 

3) If you have been on a retreat before, you will not be able to register for this trip until 30 days before the retreat. We do this so as many people as possible have a chance to come on one of the retreats.

4) Retreats are free. However, we are unable to provide funding for travel. 

About the retreat

Live By Living "hut" retreats are the most challenging of all our retreat offerings. On hut retreats, you will hike 3-5 miles uphill to a fabulous, remote log cabin high in the Colorado Rockies, and spend the next 3 days making friends with people who understand what you've been through, enjoying the beauty of the mountains, eating gourmet-cancer-fighting food, and relaxing. We have a beefy pickup truck to haul in all the food and overnight gear, so you just need to carry a light day pack with rain gear, lunch, water and snacks. We can also give you a ride to the cabin if you are not up for the hike in. 

Uncle Bud's Hut is a perennial favorite among the Tenth Mountain huts. The hike to Uncle Bud's is about 4.5 miles long, and gains about 1300 feet of elevation. Uncle Bud's sleeps 16 people in two bedrooms (one has 4 beds, another has 6) and a communal area with 7 single beds. It sits at 11,370 feet. There is no electricity, and no running water. This cabin has an outhouse. You can read more about Uncle Bud’s Hut here. It takes about 2 hours to get to our meeting point in Leadville from central Denver.

Because of the high elevation of this cabin, this trip is not suitable for people coming from at or near sea level. Similarly, because this is no electricity, this trip is not suitable for people who are dependent on electric devices like oxygen concentrators or CPAP machines.

With the panorama of Mount Massive right out the front windows of the hut, Uncle Bud's offers "intrepid trailblazers" a truly rewarding vista. There are great day hike options from Uncle Bud's hut, whether you just want a moderate hike to the nearby Bear Lake, or a more challenging climb to St. Kevin's Lake, just below the face of Galena Mountain.

The hike to Uncle Bud's will take most of the day. We'll have time to rest and relax before appetizers and dinner. On the second day, people will have a choice of a moderate hike to St. Kevin's Lake or an easier hike near the cabin. Or, you can just hang out on the deck and watch the clouds go by. On the third day, we'll hike out an easier route, retrieve our cars, and be back in Leadville in time for lunch. We provide dinner the first day, all 3 meals on the second day, and breakfast on the third day.