[3] At that time DMC renamed itself, and has faced challenges in recent years due to financial strain, forest fire, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the ongoing sexual misconduct scandals.

These scandals include allegations of sexual misconduct by both previous spiritual heads of the Shambhala organization: Chögyam Trungpa and Ösel Tendzin.

The land was originally developed as the Rocky Mountain Dharma Center, founded by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1971, and operated by his organization, Vajradhatu.

[4] Beginning in 2017, Shambhala Mountain Center worked with the Fort Collins Conservation District to restore 118 acres of forest to the state it was back in the mid to late 1800s, intending to increase understory biodiversity and fire resilience.

[17][18] On February 28, 2022 Drala Mountain Center filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, citing the 2018 clergy sexual misconduct scandal, the Cameron Peak Fire and COVID-19 as contributing factors.