Teenagers are not only the future, but a vital and unique pillar of the present. Unfortunately many young people face structural barriers to safely be, develop and grow, which in turn greatly impacts their future abilities to access opportunities. With this project a very diverse group of youth with fewer opportunities from 5 European countries co-created a unique, transformative experience which greatly expands their horizons as well as (future) opportunities and, as a result of multiplier effects, those that they are in contact with (including their peers at home and the few remaining local youth of the valley). Working on concrete common goals (organising a public event, hiking and camping together in the Italian Alps), employing introspection, learning to communicate to others, to safely step out of one’s own comfort zone and living in a nourishing community has proven a great catalyst for social and personal development. Doing so in a mountainous context without urban distractions and very limited phone reception allows for a profound depth to the overall experience. As such, our main objectives were: 1) Youth empowerment by involving youth in all phases of the project and, generally, nurturing a sense of entitlement to belong, express and speak up, and influence, within the project as well as within the greater world; 2) Creating a safe, inclusive and supportive environment where individual challenges can exist and be shared without the fear of exclusion, and where the diversity of the group becomes a fruitful ground for addressing them; 3) Intentional community building and social inclusion through the implementation of specific tools (e.g. sociocratic decision making), creation of cultures of care and equity-centred capacity building; 4) Putting directly into practice newly acquired skills to entrench learning. On the one hand, practical ones such as skills for cooperation, facilitating activities with groups, public speaking, organising projects and events and developing leadership qualities. On the other hand, life-skills such as self-esteem, communication skills, open-mindedness, respect for diversity, critical thinking and empowerment; 5) Intercultural learning by exchanging different yet similar ways of living amongst peers from all corners of Europe (and by migrational heritage, beyond); 6) Continuity and intergenerational learning by involving last project’s participants in this project in community-driven mentorship positions; 7) Access to mobility, specifically for youth that generally experience various obstacles to movement and limited access to healthy environments (such as nature, rest and the mountains); 8) Revaluation of rural areas by reconnecting urban youth to this abandoned, peaceful, isolated alpine context, where on the one hand young people can experience a unique, healthy 4G free and slower pace of life, whilst simultaneously the presence of young people in the valley of Valstrona is scarce experience and generally a cause for celebration amongst its dwindling residents;