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Our guides provide the
platform for legendary
adventures and connections
We are able to retain
incredible guides because
we value and support their
personal, professional, and
adventure-based goals.
With little written information
on the Park, the oral tradition of
our adventure stories lives strong
and solidifies an everlasting
connection amongst our
ever-growing community.
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Our guides provide the
platform for legendary
adventures and connections

Meet our incredible guides!

Guide Abby

Abby

Guide

Details
Home Town: Claremont, CA
Favorite Trip: Wolverine to Skolai via the Goat Trail
Credentials: WFR
Disciplines: Hiking, Backpackingm Alpine & Backcountry Skiing
Claims to fame: Epic land-based variation of the "Up-and-Over" with overnight bushwack down McCarthy Creek
Special Talents: Collegiate Track, Shoveling Snow

Guide Alec

Alec

Guide

Details
Home Town: Rochester, NY
Favorite Trip: Ice Climbing on the Root Glacier
Credentials: AIARE Avalanche 1 and 2, Wilderness First Responder, LNT Master Educator
Disciplines: Backpacking, Ice Climbing, Skiing
Claims to fame: TBD
Special Talents: TBD
Learn more about Alec

Guide Anna

Anna

Guide

Details
Home Town: Jacksonville, FL
Favorite Trip: Ice Cave Exploration (Anna's husband proposed to her in an Ice Cave!)
Credentials: WFR
Disciplines: Backpacking, Bouldering
Claims to fame: Can open a bottle of champagne with a machete
Special Talents: Surfing, Spear Fishing
Learn more about Anna

Guide Anya

Anya

Owner / Lead guide

Details
Home Town: Minneapolis, MN
Favorite Trip: Chugach Backcountry Ski Basecamp
Credentials: WFR, Alpine Skills, SPI, Swiftwater Rescue
Disciplines: Backpacking, Ice Climbing, Mountaineering, Skiing
Claims to fame: +6k' ski descent off the summit of Mt. Bona
Special Talents: Best van tetris-packer at SEAG, can cook a 5-star meal out of anything,, can talk wine with the best of them
Learn more about Anya

Guide Bob

Bob

Founder

Details
Home Town: Coming soon...
Favorite Trip: Coming soon...
Credentials: Coming soon...
Disciplines: Coming soon...
Claims to fame: Coming soon...
Special Talents: Coming soon...

Guide Bryan

Bryan

Owner / Lead guide

Details
Home Town: Ashland, OH
Favorite Trip: Climbing and skiing from the summit of Mt. Bona (AK's 4th tallest peak!) with his wife and co-owner, Anya
Credentials: WFR, Swiftwater Rescue, AAI Avalanche 1 & 2, AMGA Single Pitch Instructor
Disciplines: Ice Climbing, Mountaineering, Skiing, Rafting
Claims to fame: Baseball sliding out of a grizzly attack in Glacier National Park
Special Talents: Wicked throwing arm, Landscaping, Being a Brown's fan
Learn more about Bryan

Guide Bryce

Bryce

Guide

Details
Home Town: Northampton, MA
Favorite Trip: Nizina River Packraft
Credentials: WFR, Swift Water Technician, AIARE 1
Disciplines: Backpacking, Ice Climbing, Rock Climbing, Mountaineering, Skiing, Rafting
Claims to fame: Professional Winker
Special Talents: Sculptor, Dry Tooling, Board Games
Learn more about Bryce

Guide Caroline

Caroline

Guide

Details
Home Town: Charlotte, NC
Favorite Trip: The Goat Trail
Credentials: WFR
Disciplines: Backpacking
Claims to fame: Team captain of the nationally ranked number 2 D3 lacrosse team
Special Talents: NBA level shot range, NY times mini crossword puzzles, cartwheels

Guide Chad

Chad

Guide

Details
Home Town: Coming soon...
Favorite Trip: Coming soon...
Credentials: Coming soon...
Disciplines: Coming soon...
Claims to fame: Coming soon...
Special Talents: Coming soon...

Guide Chappy

Chappy

Guide

Details
Home Town: Kane, PA
Favorite Trip: Backcountry Photography Course
Credentials: PhD, WFR
Disciplines: Backpacking, Ice Climbing, Skiing
Claims to fame: Illustrated the Flight Path Map for Wrangell Mountain Air
Special Talents: Photography, Illustration, Ultramarathons

Guide Chris D.

Chris D.

Lead guide

Details
Home Town: Minneapolis, MN
Favorite Trip: Coming soon...
Credentials: WFR, AIARE 1
Disciplines: Backpacking, Ice Climbing
Claims to fame: Climbing Mount Bear on his 63rd birthday!
Special Talents: Certified MacGyver, Conversational Sound Effects, Cocktail Mixologist
Learn more about Chris

Guide Clint

Clint

Guide

Details
Home Town: Coming soon...
Favorite Trip: Coming soon...
Credentials: WFR
Disciplines: Hiking
Claims to fame: Chef Extraordinaire
Special Talents: Writer, Chef

Guide Cody

Cody

Owner / Lead guide

Details
Home Town: Portland, OR
Favorite Trip: Mt. Drum Summit to Road Ski Traverse
Credentials: WFR, CPA (Certified Public Accountant), Private Pilot's License, AAIRE Avalanche 1 & 2, Swiftwater Rescue Technician, LNT Master Educator, SSI Open Water Diver
Disciplines: Skiing, Mountaineering, Rafting, Pack Rafting, Backpacking
Claims to fame: Having a grizzly swim after him while packrafting down the White River into the Yukon
Special Talents: Accounting, Carpentry, Excel, Puttering
Learn more about Cody

Guide Dave

Dave S.

Guide

Details
Home Town: Coming soon...
Favorite Trip: Coming soon...
Credentials: Coming soon...
Disciplines: Coming soon...
Claims to fame: Coming soon...
Special Talents: Coming soon...

Guide Eli

Eli

Guide

Details
Home Town: Salt Lake City, UT
Favorite Trip: Journey from Oz
Credentials: WFR, SPI, Avalanche Rescue Tech, Swiftwater Rescue
Disciplines: Mountaineering, Rock Climbing Rafting, Backpacking, Ice Climbing
Claims to fame: Completing the High Pass Odyssey in 28 hours
Special Talents: Breaking tension with humor and communicating with feral cats
Learn more about Anya

Guide Gus

Gus

Guide

Details
Home Town: Seeley Lake, MT
Favorite Trip: Backpacking from Skolai Pass to Nizina Lake and packrafting from Nizina Lake to the Chitina River
Credentials: WFR, Swiftwater Rescue
Disciplines: Backpacking, Skiing, Rafting, Packrafting
Claims to fame: Owned and operated a Coffee Hut to finance a NOLS Course
Special Talents: Digging holes, Jammin'
Learn more about Gus

Guide Harisson

Harrison

Guide

Details
Home Town: Monterey, CA
Favorite Trip: First Ascents Trip in the Wrangells
Credentials: EMTB, WFR, Swiftwater Rescue Technician, Blasting Technician, APP Avalanche Pro Rescue, APP High/Low Angle Rescue, Mountain Travel Rescue
Disciplines: Backpacking, Ice Climbing, Mountaineering, Skiing, Rafting, Packrafting
Claims to fame: Sick Dance Moves
Special Talents: Singing and Playing Guitar, D&D Dungeon Master
Learn more about Harrison

Guide Jake

Jake

Guide

Details
Home Town: Conifer, CO
Favorite Trip: Mt. Bear
Credentials: WFR, Avy 1
Disciplines: Rock Climbing, Backpacking, Ice Climbing
Claims to fame: Photographer and videographer for olympic climbers
Special Talents: Boulderer Extraordinaire, Ounce-obsessed Gearhead

Alaska guide on McCarthy Road

Jeremiah

Guide

Details
Home State: Florida
Favorite Trip: Hiking to the Gates Glacier in the Kennicott Valley
Credentials: WFR
Disciplines: Backpacking, Kayaking
Claims to fame: Possess the secret recipe for "Chocolate Covered Moose Poop"!
Special Talents: Catching and grilling Alaskan salmon!

Guide Kelly

Kelly

Guide

Details
Home Town: Seattle, WA
Favorite Trip: Cowboy camping on the saddle of Donoho Peak at sunset and waking up for the sunrise
Credentials: WFR
Disciplines: Ice Climbing, Rock Climbing, Alpine & Backcountry Skiing, Backpacking, Long Distance Running
Claims to fame: Her guinea pig (Mae) won Best in Show at the Washington State Fair
Special Talents: Collegiate Basketball, Snow Blading

Guide Kelsey

Kelsey

Guide

Details
Home Town: Norfolk, CT
Favorite Trip: The Goat Trail
Credentials: WFR, AIARE 1
Disciplines: Backpacking, Skiing, Rock Climbing
Claim to fame: Bought a van and built it out - her name is Vandra
Special Talents: Dancing! She grew up competitively dancing and went on to teach tap, ballet, jazz, and acrobatics for 10 years

Guide Landon

Landon

Guide

Details
Home Town: Ketchum, ID
Favorite Trip: Mt. Bear
Credentials: WFR, AIARE 1, AIARE Companion Rescue, AIARE 2, AIARE Pro 1
Disciplines: Backpacking, Skiing, Rock Climbing, Ice Climbing, Mountaineering
Claim to fame: Naked Solo Ice Climb
Special Talents: Mustache growth and maintenance, Unicycling

Guide Michael P

Michael P

Guide

Details
Home Town: Little Rock, AR
Favorite Trip: Chugach Circuit
Credentials: WFR
Disciplines: Backpacking, Hiking
Claim to fame: Being a professional Musical Theater actor in the winter
Special Talents: Singing, "Monster Burp", Tap Dancing, and more!

Guide Nick

Nick

Guide

Details
Home Town: Mill Valley, CA
Favorite Trip: Crossing the Tana Glacier from Iceberg Lake to the Bagley Icefield with views of St. Elias, Mt. Miller, & Mt. Stellar
Credentials: WFR, OEC, AIARE 1, Avy Rescue, Jökla 1 (Icelandic Mountain Guide Association)
Disciplines: Ice Climbing, Alpine, Ski Mountaineering, Backpacking
Claims to fame: Best ski descent of Mount Tamalpais, CA. Lover of Ice
Special Talents: Can pronounce Breiðamerkurjökull, Bagel Baking, Photography

Guide Patrick

Patrick

Guide

Details
Home Town: Beach Lake, PA
Favorite Trip: Glacier & Tundra
Credentials: WFR
Disciplines: Backpacking, Skiing
Claims to fame: Mill Tour Pat!
Special Talents: Sewing

Guide Rachel

Rachel

Guide

Details
Home Town: Coming soon...
Favorite Trip: Journey to Oz
Credentials: WFR, Swiftwater Rescue Technician
Disciplines: Backpacking, Skiing, Rafting
Claims to fame: Coming soon...
Special Talents: Coming soon...
Learn more about Rachel

Guide robin

Robin

Guide

Details
Home Town: Coming soon...
Favorite Trip: Source to Sea
Credentials: EMT
Disciplines: Backpacking, Rafting
Claims to fame: Coming soon...
Special Talents: Coming soon...

Guide Ryan

Ryan

Guide

Details
Home Town: Revelstoke, BC
Favorite Trip: Wrangells Winter Classic (McCarthy to Tok Cutoff, 175 miles!)
Credentials: WFR, ACMG Apprentice Ski Guide
Disciplines: Skiing, Mountaineering, Ice Climbing, Rock Climbing, Backpacking, Lazy River Floats
Claims to fame: Once packed an entire 7-day ski-basecamp in under 5 minutes when the plane showed up early! (He was still in his sleeping bag...)
Special Talents: He. Is. The. Pack. Rapper. "The only thing faster than the flow of this Class 5 River are the Class-E lines I'm spittin! Prepare to be entertained when you enter my terrain..."
Learn more about Ryan

Guide Sam

Sam

Office Manager / Guide

Details
Home Town: Crestview, FL (born in Japan)
Favorite Trip: Allie's Valley to Iceberg Lake
Credentials: WFR, Swiftwater Rescue Technician, S-212 Wildland Fire Chainsaw, Level A Sawyer Crosscut
Disciplines: Backpacking, Rafting
Claims to fame: Spent 5 uninterrupted months in the Ansel Adams Wilderness of Inyo National Forest working on a Trail Crew
Special Talents: Southern sass, Splitting firewood, Getting the party started
Learn more about Sam

Guide Stephen

Stephen

Guide

Details
Home Town: Albuquerque, NM
Favorite Trip: Packrafting the Copper River in 2.5 days
Credentials: WFR, Swiftwater Rescue Technician, Registered Maine Guide, AMGA SPI, AIARE 1
Disciplines: Backpacking, Ice Climbing, Rock Climbing, Mountaineering, Packrafting, Juggling
Claims to fame: King of the Hooch Crawl
Special Talents: Fixing minivan sliding doors and burrito rolling
Learn more about Stephen

Guide Tim

Tim

Guide

Details
Home State: Illinois
Favorite Trip: Journey to Oz
Credentials: WFR
Disciplines: Backpacking, Ice Climbing, Rock Climbing
Claims to fame: Coming soon...
Special Talents: Guitar, Sky Diving
Learn more about Tim

Guide Tristan

Tristan

Guide

Details
Home Town: Lyme, NH
Favorite Trip: Backcountry Ski Basecamp
Credentials: WFR, AAI Pro 1
Disciplines: Ski Mountaineering, Backpacking, Ice Climbing
Claims to fame: Can tell you the exact weight of your entire backcountry ski set up...and why that's too heavy.
Special Talents: Eating 7 burritos in one sitting
Learn more about Tristan

Guide Tristan H.

Tristan H.

Guide

Details
Home State: Utah
Favorite Trip: Copper River
Credentials: WFR
Disciplines: Backpacking, Rafting
Claims to fame: Coming soon...
Special Talents: Coming soon...

Guide Victor

Victor

Guide

Details
Home Town: Ronkonkoma, NY
Favorite Trip: Chitina River
Credentials: WFR
Disciplines: Rock climbing, Ice climbing, Backpacking
Claims to fame: Proudly sporting a beard since he was 15!
Special Talents: Can touch his nose with his tongue, Juggling, Cleaning a cast iron skillet

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