Planned giving offers you the opportunity to make a lasting impact on the lands, waters, and communities you care about, while also meeting your financial and philanthropic goals. By including the High Peaks Alliance in your estate plans, you ensure that future generations will enjoy the wild beauty you cherish today. Your legacy can help protect the High Peaks forever.

Since 2011, the High Peaks Alliance has worked to protect and preserve our mountains, trails, and open spaces. Planned gifts strengthen this work for decades to come, giving us the ability to respond to new challenges, protect critical habitat, and connect people to the outdoors.

• Make a Lasting Impact | Leave a legacy that protects the High Peaks and supports conservation for future generations.

• Join a Community of Conservation Stewards | Become part of a caring group of donors dedicated to protecting the natural beauty of the High Peaks.

• Automatic Membership in the Fly Rod Crosby Society | As a Planned Giving donor, you are welcomed into the Fly Rod Crosby Society, enjoying exclusive member benefits such as insider conservation briefings, invitations to private socials, and special speaker events with experts in conservation, access, and collaboration.

• Flexible Ways to Give | Choose the giving method that works best for you: bequests, trusts, annuities, beneficiary designations, or gifts of land.

• Enjoy Benefits Now, Create Impact Forever | Certain planned giving options can provide income for you or your loved ones during your lifetime, while still safeguarding the High Peaks well into the future.

• Tax Advantages | Planned gifts often provide meaningful tax benefits, helping you meet your personal and financial goals.

• Simple to Arrange | With our guidance, planned giving is straightforward and can be personalized to reflect your values and priorities.

There are many ways to create your legacy. We’ll help you find the giving option that best reflects your values and vision for the future.

Cathy’s journey from landowner to steward represents an evolution in how we connect with the natural world. Over decades, she has cross-country skied groomed winter trails, built shelters with family, camped in all seasons, and witnessed the changing landscape through storms and floods. Her planned gift of land protects it from being closed off to public access, a powerful testament to conservation and community in a time when so much land is being posted or restricted.

Why Cathy Chose to Leave a Legacy:

• To protect the lands and trails she has loved and cared for over a lifetime
• To ensure that the woods remain open and accessible for future generations to explore
• To stand against increasing land closures and safeguard public access

Like Cathy, you can create a meaningful legacy gift that ensures this wild and cherished landscape remains protected and accessible forever. We’re here to help you explore how planned giving can work for you. Read more about Cathy’s decision in her “Voices of the High Peaks” interview.