Support Elev8150 —
Help Build an Off-Grid
Mountain Lodge in Montana
Six years. No investors. One family building an off-grid lodge and chef's kitchen at 8,150 feet in Anaconda, Montana. If you want to be part of making it happen — not just watching — you're in the right place.
outside support
off-grid
Ben Fogle
January 2026
Victron Energy
Connie Brashear
Founding Backer
First Supporter
This is who this page is for
"I was Elev8150's first supporter — I've been with this family since the very beginning. The Bellroses are extraordinarily dedicated. They claw their way through every struggle and every difficulty this mountain throws at them. What I love most is their absolute refusal to give up."
Connie didn't wait for a Kickstarter. She didn't need a press release or a polished pitch deck. She saw what was being built and she showed up. That's the kind of support that keeps a project like this alive between the milestones.
"Nobody has lived up there for 200 years. But we've made it this far."
Featured in the UK Mirror's exclusive story on the Bellrose family, published alongside the BBC Channel 5 premiere of Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild, Season 21.
Read the story →"Building a hospitality destination off-grid."
Victron Energy — the world's leading off-grid power manufacturer — featured Elev8150 as a flagship installation case study, covering the solar, battery, and inverter system powering the mountain homestead.
Read the case study →Support Elev8150 Directly — No Waitlist Required
No campaign countdown. No stretch goals. Direct support that goes straight into the work — the fuel, the food, the tools, and the family doing it every single day at 8,150 feet in Montana.
Buy Us a Beer
The simplest way to show you're in our corner. Covers a small piece of the daily cost of staying on the mountain and keeping momentum going between bigger builds.
Support directlyFeed the Dogs
Our dogs work this mountain with us every day. They're not pets — they're part of the operation. Keeping them fed is part of keeping the whole thing running.
Help outAlayah's Store
Alayah is building the culinary program that will anchor Elev8150's guest experience. Every purchase from her store funds that training and moves the whole project forward.
Shop the storeLive.
Build.
Endure.
We are inviting a very small number of outdoor athletes, builders, and thinkers to live with us on the mountain and help shape the future of Elev8150 from the ground up.
This isn't glamping. This is the construction site. The conditions are real. The work is real. And the people who do it will be woven into the story of what this place becomes.
- Off-grid mountain living — real conditions, real work
- Hands-on construction of a destination lodge
- Part of a story already followed by a BBC audience
- Application-based — very limited openings
Be Woven Into What Elev8150 Becomes
These aren't product tiers. They're four ways to have a real stake in an off-grid Montana mountain lodge — before the doors open, before the reservations fill, before the world knows this place exists. The people who do this will be remembered as part of how it got built.
Fuel the Build
Your money goes directly into the work — materials, fuel, equipment — and your name goes into the founding record. You'll get direct updates from the site, not social posts.
- Direct build updates
- Named in the founding record
- Featured by Victron Energy as a flagship off-grid build
Reserve Your Place
Put real money behind a future stay before anyone else has the chance. When Elev8150 opens its doors, you'll be first in — with credit already on the books.
- Future stay credit
- First access to booking
- Named as a founding guest
Own the Table
Alayah is building something serious at the culinary level. This is for the people who want a seat at that table — literally — before it's ever offered to the public.
- Future stay credit
- Private dining experience
- Bistro 8150 priority access
Leave Your Mark
A very small number of people will be part of the foundation of this place in a way that lasts. Not a plaque. A real story — the kind told to every guest who ever asks how Elev8150 got built.
- Private chef experience
- Priority event access
- Permanent recognition in the story
Start with $1.
It still matters.
The founding reservation isn't charity and it isn't a product. It's a signal. Two hundred people putting a dollar down — voluntarily, refundably — tells every future investor and partner that this place has a real audience.
If you're not ready to go deeper right now, this is the right place to start. Hold your spot. Watch the build. Come back when you're ready.
47 of 200 spots claimed. The list closes at 200.
- Your name on the founding list
- Priority access before any public announcement
- Early booking for stays, dining, and founding offers
- Direct build updates — real news, not social posts
- Proof you believed in this before it was easy to
As featured in the UK Mirror & BBC New Lives in the Wild
Reserve My Spot — $1Every dollar goes into real work
you can watch.
Storm survival, firewood hauling, off-grid systems, medical runs in blizzards, and the daily grind of building at 8,150 feet. No filters. No press releases. Just the mountain and the family building it.
Building a resort at 8,150 feet — a mountain dream earned the hard way
The entire experience is built around food.
Adventure gets people here — but food is what brings everything together. Elev8150 is being built around a real culinary foundation, developed over years of professional kitchen experience, allowing us to serve everything from a simple meal for a tired traveler to high-end private events, weddings, and corporate gatherings.
Culinary Training & Development
Alayah is currently training at The Ranch at Rock Creek, preparing to bring a refined, experience-driven dining program to Elev8150.
FOOD-ANCHORED EXPERIENCE