Beartooth Mountain Ascent / Beartooth Men’s Rehab

Our Young Adult treatment program offers troubled young adults an opportunity to transform their lives by promoting the values of  a great work ethic, self-reliance, spirituality, trustworthiness and the communicative skills necessary for them to develop strong personal relationships. More often than not, young men struggling with addiction and anger issues lack the patience required to listen to others in conversation; they are also commonly deficient with the ability to articulate their emotional needs and, thus, have developed self-destructive defense mechanisms to cope with daily life. Most of our young men come here feeling isolated and misunderstood. BTMA uses a variety of experiential approaches that are successful in helping the struggling young adult develop healthy alternative methods for handling with the stresses of normal life.

BTMA has at its disposal a large working angus cattle ranch that is located near the wilderness of Yellowstone National Park in Clark, Wyoming. It must be emphasized that this is no “dude” ranch that offers only the recreational novelty of a trail ride in the Rocky Mountains; we have 800 head of cattle and 35 horses that require constant attentionand hard work. BTMA will teach the young man all aspects of what it takes to become an authentic “cowboy:” horsemanship, commitment, courage, and faith. In this unique environment, he will simultaneously learn a new work ethic and useful job skill while also discovering inner-resources that will help him repair his damaged self-esteem.