Welcome To Golden Forge

Pioneering the Nation’s Most Ambitious Integrated Initiative for Those Who Serve

Elite performance. Deep healing. Purpose-driven community.
Built for veterans, active-duty service members, and frontline professionals ready to forge what’s next.

Train Hard. Heal Deep. Live Boldly.

About Golden Forge

Golden Forge is a high-impact initiative forged for those who serve—veterans, active-duty military, and frontline professionals. We integrate elite physical training, innovative healing modalities, and purpose-driven community into one unified, mission-first environment.

This is where strength is rebuilt—physically, mentally, and spiritually. Through structured training, immersive wilderness experience, and integrative recovery, members develop lasting resilience and clarity of purpose.

Our model blends performance science, trauma-informed care, and regenerative land-based living—reconnecting the body, focusing the mind, and reigniting the soul.

Golden Forge is not just a program. It’s a movement—built to restore strength, renew mission, and empower a new era of leadership from those who’ve borne the weight of service.

Golden Forge Ranch

Golden Forge Ranch is the flagship home of Golden Forge—a high-altitude working ranch set on 163 acres in Guffey, Colorado. At 8,600 feet, this raw and restorative landscape is where our mission takes root and comes to life.

Here, we are actively building the foundation for a first-of-its-kind model that fuses elite physical training, land-based healing, and purpose-driven community. The ranch is more than a destination—it’s a proving ground, a sanctuary, and a launchpad for transformation.

A New Standard for Those Who Serve

Golden Forge was built to fill the gap too many of us have had to navigate alone. It’s more than a program—it’s a complete, performance-based recovery model grounded in lived experience, clinical rigor, and a commitment to those who serve.

This is a place where physical intensity meets deep healing. Where purpose is rediscovered, community is re-forged, and transformation becomes tangible.

Real Strength Starts Here

We’re creating a home for full-spectrum growth—not just recovery, but renewal. At 8,600 feet, on 163 rugged acres, Golden Forge delivers an integrated environment where high-stakes service members can rebuild strength, reclaim agency, and reconnect with land, self, and mission.

This isn’t about fixing what’s broken. It’s about forging what’s been missing—clarity, resilience, and a legacy of impact that endures…

What Sets Golden Forge Apart

We’re not another program. We’re creating something entirely new:

  • Golden Forge is not a retreat. It’s a revolutionary model. Here’s what makes it different:

    • Integrated by Design
      Physical training, clinical care, and immersive outdoor experience—fused into one seamless ecosystem for transformation.

    • Psychedelic Therapy—Legally Grounded, Clinically Delivered
      Licensed practitioners provide trauma-informed psychedelic-assisted therapy under Colorado’s legal framework.

    • High-Intensity, Whole-Body Recovery
      Elite strength and endurance training paired with somatic healing to unlock clarity, self-trust, and resilience.

    • Nature-Rooted and Mission-Aligned
      Regenerative living and land stewardship aren’t just context—they’re catalysts for long-term change.

    • Veteran-Led, Lived-Experience Driven
      Built by those who’ve walked the path. Designed for those ready to rise again.

    • Sustainable, Dual-Entity Structure
      A nonprofit foundation and for-profit operations arm working in tandem—ensuring both access and long-term resilience.

A modern wooden house on a hillside overlooking a lake with mountains in the background during sunset.

Our 3-Phase Path to Impact

We’re building Golden Forge in three phases—and you can be part of every step.

Phase One is underway—and early support is critical to bringing Golden Forge to life.

Phase 1: Launch + Momentum (In Progress)

Establish core infrastructure, test the model, and activate mission delivery.

✅ Legal structure and dual-entity setup
✅ EINs, banking, and nonprofit systems
✅ Land secured: 163 acres in Guffey, CO
✅ Branding, domains, and early messaging
✅ Domestic well, septic, grid power, and three operational cabins
✅ Trail network buildout underway—for hiking, trail running, mountain biking, meditative walks, and backcountry skiing
⬜ Expand lodging and site access infrastructure
⬜ Founding team hires (clinical, operations, land)
⬜ Pilot retreats and scholarship delivery

🎯 Goal: launch operations, build capacity, and deliver early impact

Phase 2: Build + Equip

Construct the physical and operational heart of Golden Forge.

✅ Land and permitting in place
⬜ Build 5,000 sq ft steel barn (gym, recovery, gear hub, gathering space)
⬜ Outfit training, therapy, and community zones
⬜ Launch immersive, performance-integrated healing retreats

🎯 Goal: Complete core infrastructure and activate flagship programs

Phase 3: Scale + Sustain

Grow capacity, deepen programming, and ensure long-term resilience.

⬜ Develop trail network, food systems, and solar infrastructure
⬜ Expand fellowship, leadership, and integration programs
⬜ Build staff, partnerships, and financial sustainability
⬜ Prepare for replication or satellite expansion

🎯 Goal: Long-term impact, sustainability, and expansion

Be One of the First

Join us as we bring this high-altitude ranch to life—where elite training, intentional healing, and purpose-driven community converge.

We’re seeking founding donors and mission-aligned partners to help bring Phase 1 to full strength. Your early support builds the foundation for everything that follows.

You’re not just supporting a place.
You’re investing in a regenerative, veteran-led initiative designed to transform lives and communities—now and for generations to come.

Golden Forge Foundation is a 501(c)(3)

The Golden Forge Foundation is recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt public charity under IRC Section 501(c)(3), effective March 19, 2025. EIN: 33-4296411. All donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. We are also qualified to receive tax-deductible bequests, devises, transfers, and gifts under Sections 2055, 2106, or 2522 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Ready to Support?

Whether you're a donor, partner, or believer in the mission—now is the time to step in.

📩 Email Suzi directly: suzi@goldenforge.org

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Golden Forge
Built on strength. Driven by purpose. Forged in community.

Train Hard. Heal Deep. Live Boldly.

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