I am very fortunate to have grown up in Colorado, where I had endless snowy mountains and steep canyon walls to explore. Attempting to master the craft of traveling in them safely, and showing people this amazing world is my life’s work. Living in the mountains, and being in them almost every day of my life, has shaped me in more ways than I probably know. I’ve now built my life around and within them. Almost twenty years of experience climbing and skiing has taken me from the European alps, to new Zealand, to the cascades and Rockies of north America. I have been guiding professionally on snow and rock for the better part of a decade, and guiding has never really felt like work to me. I enjoy the physicality and the demand for focus that it requires. I value sharing passion for adventure in the outdoors, doing something that looked impossible, appreciating the beauty of nature, forming great relationships with your climbing partners, and unplugging for a while. I believe these things make a better world, and guiding makes me better, but most importantly it’s just plain fun. Learning to provide safe, fun, and engaging experience in the mountains is what I spend all year working to perfect.

• Wilderness first responder
• AMGA apprentice alpine guide
• AMGA apprentice ski guide
• AAI Avalanche profesional level 1