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

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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 are spiritually lost but openly seeking. They have come to the mountains running away from something or looking for answers. We meet them where they are at, provide a space for them to be curious, show them God’s love and change their perceptions of Jesus, of Christians and of the church.

  • By discipling a team of young Christians, they grow in their faith and serve the ski resort in 4 ways:
    1. Ski Angels - showing God’s love in action on the slopes.
    2. Open House Events where we welcome 200+ into our chalet.
    3. Church Services.
    4. Refuge Beds - for 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.