Skiing and riding in the backcountry is becoming more and more popular each year. Hiring a ski guide offers 1) increased security when managing avalanche risk, 2) exposure to more unknown backcountry territory that you can continue to explore on your own in the future, 3) secret powder stashes or at least the likelihood of skiing/riding the best conditions given the current weather and snowpack, 4) mentoring on avalanche skills, ski/ride skills, and backcountry navigation, and 5) feedback for your group of partners on how to better work as a team when pursuing backcountry skiing/riding.
I have been skiing since I was 3 years old and spent a few years snowboarding as well. I can guide skiers and riders alike. My home guiding area is Rocky Mountain National Park. I guide in other Colorado areas such as Vail and Silverton and other areas around the U.S. and internationally such as Washington, Wyoming, California, Alaska, Argentina, and Chile.
Ski Guiding includes ski mountaineering – which means intentionally climbing a peak or technical couloir, and then skiing down that peak or couloir. Sometimes this involves rappelling into a couloir or navigating a complex glacier. Examples of ski mountaineering are the Dragontail Couloir in RMNP or Mt. Rainier in the Cascades. See below for more information about areas I commonly guide…