Outdoor Industry  February 2, 2023

Outdoor activity subscription startup raises cash with mental health focus

Editor’s note: This report first appeared at BusinessDen, a BizWest news partner

FORT COLLINS — A Fort Collins-area startup is combining cognitive behavioral theory and outdoor activities. 

Chimney Trail CO, which sends subscribers quarterly outdoor activity kits, aims to serve as a form of preventative mental health care.

Co-founder and CEO Matthew Brown, a former captain in the U.S. Navy, said he wanted to tackle mental health challenges after he lost an officer to suicide. 

Matthew Brown

“I went to the hospital, and his dad kept bringing up this outdoor activity that we did as a…

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