Laramie, Wyoming • 501(c)(3) Nonprofit
Trails worth keeping. Kids worth backing.
We raise money one ride at a time, and every dollar goes two places: scholarships for students with Wyoming in their bones, and the Southeast Wyoming OHV trails we all love.
Two things, done properly
The Wanna Ride Foundation exists because Wyoming's wild places and Wyoming's kids are both worth investing in. We don't spread ourselves thin. We do two things.
Scholarships
We help students pay for what comes next
University, community college, trade school, an apprenticeship, or the certification exam standing between someone and their license — every path counts the same to us. Applicants don't have to live in Wyoming or go to school here. They just need a real tie to this place.
2027: $5,000, opening December 1.
See the scholarship →Trails
We put money back into the ground we ride on
Southeast Wyoming's OHV trails take work — signage, maintenance, clearing, and the unglamorous stuff nobody sees. We fund that work so the next generation gets the same country we got, in the same shape or better.
Every dollar raised goes to trails and scholarships.
More about us →The Memorial Ride & Scavenger Hunt
One Saturday every August in the Snowy Range. If it has wheels and an engine — side-by-side, dirt bike, Jeep, quad, whatever you've got — you're invited.
You get a mission list in the morning and spend the day hunting hidden treasure locations, riding some of the best country in Wyoming, and taking photographs that will embarrass you for years. Someone once recreated the Crane Kick from The Karate Kid in front of Albany Lodge. The judges were impressed.
Lunch is included. Afterwards there's a live auction, a punch box, raffles, a 50/50 draw, and a treasure chest drawing. In 2026 a storm knocked the power out mid-auction and not one person went home.
Next ride: August 2027. Registration opens in the spring.
Thank you, Wanna Ride family
Our 2026 Memorial Ride & Scavenger Hunt raised $11,789 — our biggest year yet — with 94 riders and 112 people on the property.
I am so grateful to every single one of you. The riders who showed up ready for anything, the volunteers who cooked and hauled and kept the whole thing rolling, the businesses who said yes when we asked, and everyone who bid, punched, and dug for treasure.
Every dollar goes to student scholarships and Southeast Wyoming trail maintenance. That's it. That's where it goes.
— Patty
Want in?
Ride with us next August, apply for a scholarship this December, or sponsor a mile of trail. All of it helps.
We Ride • We Share • We Care