Will & Lara Sussman

Sam Milchem

Altitude Mission

Working in ski resorts, we show God’s love in action, offer radical hospitality and safe community.

Year Founded: 2018

Venture HQ: Meribel, France

Venture Bio:

Altitude Mission draws thousands of young people, in the mountains and beyond, to Jesus. This will ignite a generation of nation-changers to bring home the life-changing love of Jesus and lead their communities into the full life that God has for them. (Nonprofit)

More Info:

  • Gen Z think Jesus, faith & the church have no relevance. We are changing that perception, reaching the unreached in the most unlikely of places. We see the socially affluent come to know Jesus, through young Christians reaching into their lives and being a light in their ski resort lifestyle.

  • We run four programs:

    Ski Angels – showing God’s love.

    Beer & Burgers – weekly open house for 200+ workers, an entry point to Altitude leading to deeper friendships and invites to dinner or church.

    Church – by seasonnaires for seasonnaires, relevant to Gen Z.

    Refuge beds – serving those in need of emergency shelter.

  • Ski Angels have already shown over a hundred thousand people God’s love in action. By 2035 we hope to operate in 20 ski resorts meaning that over a million people will meet a Ski Angel, leading to thousands getting to know God, then going home to positively impact their communities worldwide.

  • Lara and Will run a ski chalet business in France. We met Jesus in 2010 and asked God why he put us in Meribel. We began a church and then Altitude Mission. We are passionate about reaching the young workers with the life-changing love of Jesus and smashing their perceptions of who God is. Summers we live on the Isle of Wight, where Lara helped set up a Hope into Action home for homeless women.

    Sam grew up in Essex and spent 10 years in Norfolk. He’s married to Chloe and has worked in full-time ministry for the past 8 years. He is passionate about seeing lives transformed by Jesus. Sam found Altitude “by chance” in its first season. He and Chloe officially joined the team last year.