• Points North Guide since 2005
• Professional Ski Patrol: Snowmass Mountain 1997 -2002
  - Lift Evacuation Coordinator: responsible for all procedures, training and equipment.
  - Licensed Blaster and member of the Snow Safety Team
• Eldora Mountain Resort 1992 – 1997
  - Rookie and Volunteer Trainer
  - Snow Safety and Accident Investigations team member
  - Voted “Outstanding Professional Patroller” by my peers for the ’93-’94 season
• Outdoor Education & Guiding:
  Colorado Outward Bound School 1996 – 2000
  - Course Director managing 6-10 staff and 30-40 students on 23 day mountaineering courses in various mountain ranges of Colorado.
• Ski Instructing: Nashoba Valley Ski Area 1986-1988
• Notable Competitions:
  - 1st Annual Elk Mountains Grand Traverse, Crested Butte. to Aspen, April 1998
  - Grand National Powder 8 Championships, Jackson Hole, 1997
  - Breckenridge Bump Buffet: 1st place team, April 1995

EDUCATION & TRAINING

• International Snow Science Workshop: Attended 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006; the planning committee - 2004
• American Avalanche Institute: Level III Mountain Guides Avalanche Course February 2001
• AAI Winter Weather Forecasting: November 2004
• Aspen Expeditions: Level II Avalanche Course January 2000
• American Avalanche Association Professional Member since 1998
• Summit County Professional Avalanche School: Level II Avalanche Course February 1997
• Colorado Outward Bound School: “Winter Skills” Training December 1996
• University of Colorado at Boulder: B.A., Environmental Studies May 15, 1992
• National Outdoor Leadership School: Semester in the Rockies September – December, 1989
  Alaska Mountaineering Course June and July, 1986
• Emergency Medical Technician Cert and Re-certs: 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000
• Wilderness First Responder - 2006

IN MY PERSONAL TIME

Mountaineering, Rock and Ice Climbing, Mountain Biking, Whitewater kayaking, Yoga, Photography, Travel.