I grew up in Durango, CO and began venturing into the mountains of the North and South San Juans at an early age. In college, I studied Elementary Education and Communication at the University of Colorado in Boulder and worked for the Colorado Outward Bound School for 7 years – leading long expeditions (15-52 days) throughout the Southwest and Alaska. Colorado was where I began my guiding career working for several small guiding operations as well as the Colorado Mountain School before moving to Bellingham, WA in the spring of 2017 to work for Baker Mountain Guides. The North Cascades are home now and I'm not going anywhere. 7 months out of the year, you can find me on skis teaching avalanche courses, ski guiding, or dreaming of shredding pow in between rain events. The remaining months, I work as a guide and instructor for everything from alpine rock to glacier mountaineering in the Cascades. Certifications: AMGA CERTIFIED SKI GUIDE AMGA CERTIFIED SPI AMGA APPRENTICE ROCK GUIDE AMGA APPRENTICE ALPINE GUIDE WILDERNESS FIRST RESPONDER/CPR AIARE COURSE LEADER AIARE INSTRUCTOR TRAINER AIARE PRO 2 LEAVE NO TRACE TRAINER