BRENNAN LAGASSE

TOURING GUIDE

Brennan Lagasse has been guiding for Points North Heli since 2011, helping co-create the heli-touring program, Tour Camp. As a ski guide and athlete, Brennan has worked across the world on numerous international expeditions. He calls the Sierra Nevada home and enjoys skiing in the Range of Light as much as possible, but he still find skiing in the Chugach Mountains of Alaska the pinnacle of the sport. Brennan is also a college professor at the University of Nevada Reno at Lake Tahoe campus. He lives in Washoe territory on the West Shore of Lake Tahoe with his partner Jillian, and their little ripper daughter, Mika.

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    • Prescott College, Prescott, AZ. Ph.D. Sustainability Education

    • Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA. M.A. Environment and Community

    • Graduate Degree Certificate in Natural Resources: Planning

    • Graduate Degree Certificate in Natural Resources: Policy and Administration

    • Colgate University, Hamilton, NY. B.A. Sociology and Anthropology

    • Leave No Trace Certification: Outdoor Education, Fall 2000

    • Wilderness First Responder Certification (WFR) 2009 with American Heart Association CPR provider. WFR Recert, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2021

    • American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE) Level I & II certifications

    • Rope Works, Reno, NV 2012, 2014, 2015 and Petzel Institute, Salk Lake City, UT 2022

    • Advanced Crevasse Rescue Certification and Ski Guide Rescue Training

    • Extensive Backcountry Skiing and Ski Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada Range and the Lower 48, with notable ski descents of Middle Palisade, Mt. Williamson. Mt. Mendel, Split Mountain, Mt. Rainer, and the Grand Teton

    • Ski Descents on all 7 of the World’s Continents; First Ski Descents on 6 Continents; Ski Guiding on 5 Continents

    • Assistant Guiding on Denali, AK for Mountain Trip, 2010

    • Assistant to Ice Axe Expeditions and Warren Miller Ent., Antarctica, 2009;

    • Antarctic Ski Guide for Ice Axe Expeditions 2015, 2016, 2017; Out of Bounds 3D IMAX film guide, 2018

    • Preliminary Backcountry Feasibility Study, Points North Heli-Adventures, Chugach Mountains, Alaska, 2011; Alaskan Backcountry Ski Guide 2012-present;

    • Helicopter and Backcountry Ski Guide for Warren Miller Ent., 2015; Backcountry Ski Guide for Finding the Line Film, 2017

    • Co-guide to 79 degrees north for Ice Axe Expeditions, Arctic Norway (Svalbard), 2013

    • Member of Exploratory Ski Expedition, Including Feasibility Study for Future Guests, Sisimiut, Greenland, 2014 ; Return Expedition, 2015, 2017, 2019

    • Guiding in Gulmarg, Kashmir Himalaya for the Adventure Project, 2015

    • Sailboat and Ski co-guide for Ice Axe Expeditions, Iceland, 2016

    • Expedition Support Team, Kaktovik, Alaska, February, 2017;

    • Polar Bear filming/guide support Out of Bounds 3D IMAX film, May, 2019

    • Co-guide, Exploratory Ski Expedition to the Kang Yatze Massif, Indian Himalaya, with a successful first ski descent from 20,084′, June 2017

    • Exploratory ski descents in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska via rafting expedition, 2018;

    • Numerous expeditionary/experiential educational trips to the Arctic Refuge 2014-present

    • Guiding in Siberia, Russia for 40 Tribes, December, 2018

    • Guiding in Kyrgyzstan for 40 Tribes, January and February, 2019

    • Guiding in Georgia for 40 Tribes, January, 2020

    • Guiding in Lofoten and Lyngen Alps, Norway, 2019

    • Backcountry Ski touring and Operations Consulting, Shar Outdoors, Macedonia, January, 2020

    • Athlete/Cultural Sustainability Role for Snowhunters Film, Altai Mountains, China, January,

    • 2020Trained Guides and Guiding for Homewood Snowcat Adventures, Lake Tahoe, CA, 2016-present

    • Private Ski Guide, NASTAC, Lake Tahoe, CA, 2016-present

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