Mountain guide and adventure sports enthusiast.

Facilitating day trips to multi week expeditions, bring dreams into reality, while providing safety and risk management.

Experience: Through out my life skiing has been the constant. My professional career began with Mission Ridge ski patrol, handling medical emergencies, avalanche control and forecasting. In 2002, I started with Cascade Powder Cats as a guide and helped with preseason marketing. During the same years I studied outdoor recreation at Eastern Washington University. Gaining experience as program facilitator and lead guide for Epic adventures, the outdoor adventure program on campus. After college I guided a short stent for Big Red Cats in Rossland, BC before heading to Alaska to Guide heli skiing for Valdez Heli Camps. Including film work with Atomic, Darin Ralves and Chris Benchetler. I guided Level 1 Productions for film segment at Stevens Pass. In the fall of 2011 I guided on a skiing expedition in Antarctica including time skiing in Argentina. I am currently working for Points North Heli Adventures in Cordova, AK.

Other credentials. AMGA ski and rock guide courses. Swift water rescue certification, North West Avalanche school LVL I-III, Outdoor Emergency Care, Top Rope Instructor, CATS LVL I, Personal ski trip all over pacific northwest including BC and Alaska. Summer includes guiding for northwest mountain school rock climbing. Rope access work, risk management and emergency medical provider.

My passions all involve the outdoors including alpine skiing, downhill mt biking, paragliding/speedflying, rock climbing and whitewater boating. As a person inspired by the mountains and friends who also share these experiences there is a bond created which can only propitiated by spending more time playing together with both.