Appling, Marc

Marc has been actively climbing since the 1970s and guiding since 1991. He climbs rock up to 5.12, water ice 5+, and has climbed throughout the western U.S. and in Canada, Alaska, South America and Pakistan. Highlights include 7 ascents of El Capitan, many walls and towers in the Desert Southwest, and expeditions to Fitzroy, and the Gasherbrums. After many summers guiding in the Tetons and Wind Rivers, Marc now spends most of the year in Salt Lake City guiding mountaineering, rock, ice and skiing in the Wasatch mountains.

Bradley, Tyson

Tyson is the senior guide and director and of UMA and the author of Backcountry Skiing Utah. Tyson remains passionate about skiing and climbing in the Wasatch Mountains, where he guides 70 days per winter (ski, avalanche instruction, mountaineering, and ice) and teaches climbing in the summer.

He continues to push himself and his clients in the mountains. In March, 2009, he led a 20,000+ foot ski "tour" in Big Cottonwood Canyon. In August, '08 he guided the Cathedral Traverse in the Tetons in one 20-hour day. He's also recently guided steep ski descents including the Grand Teton, East Face of Lone Peak, NW Couloir of the Pfeifferhorn, Coalpit, Superior, Stairs Gulch, and SL Twin Peaks.

Tyson grew up climbing and skiing in Idaho and Wyoming, and has guided since 1994. He's led 10 Denali Expeditions in Alaska, guided over 100 ascents each of the Grand Teton and Mt. Hood, and 18 on Mt. Rainier. He leads UMA's Mt. Rainier expeditions and has guest-guided in British Columbia, SE Alaska, Colorado, California and Russia. Currently, he also guides for Wasatch Powderbird Guides, Exum and independently.

Tyson has made first ski descents of Denali's Wickersham Wall, Foraker's Sultana Ridge and Mt. Fairweather, in Ak. He’s led expeditions to the Himalaya, Alps, and Andes, including Khan Tengri and Pik Pobeda, Kyrgyzstan; Muztagh Ata, China; Snow Lake, Pakistan; Lobuche East, Nepal; Huascaran, Peru; Mt. Blanc, Mt. Rose, Elbrus and the Haute Route (EU) and the Ecuador Volcanoes.

Bradley is also a Realtor, and lives in Sugarhouse with his wife, Julie Faure, the President of UMA, and their sons Roman (b. May, ‘02) and Diego (b. April, ‘05.)

Read more about Tyson's adventures on our blog: utahmountainadventures.blogspot.com

Brechwald, Brian

With climbing and skiing experience in the Western U.S. and European Alps, Brian works as a ski and rock guide and avalanche instructor for Utah Mountain Adventures. He is a rock guide and avalanche course instructor (AIARE) for White Pine Touring, leads the Interconnect Ski Tour in the Wasatch, and directs outdoor leadership challenges for corporate teams with Wasatch Adventure Consultants. In mid-summer Brian guides/teaches alpine rock climbing for Exum Mountain Guides in the Tetons.

Brian has been living in Park City, Utah since 1990. He is an avid backcountry skier and mountain biker, and shares his passion for the mountains with his wife and son.

Budge, Dave

Dave is a backcountry ski guide and avalanche instructor for UMA. He has an intimate knowledge of the climbing and skiing in the Wasatch, and has been working and playing in the Wasatch since moving here from Pennsylvania in the mid-80s.

Dave has been guiding since 1990 and has skied and climbed in the western US and Canada, as well as in South America and Europe. Highlights include ski descents of Denali’s Orient Express, at the Grand Teton’s Ford-Stettner Route, and the Grunge Couloir on Mt. Timpanogos. He has worked for the Alf Engen Ski School at Alta and has works part-time in Snow Safety for the Alta Ski Patrol. Dave has a Level III avalanche certificate through the American Avalanche Institute and has been teaching level I and II avalanche courses since 1997 for Utah Avalanche Center as well as UMA. Dave continues increase his personal knowledge of snow and avalanche education methods, and has attended International Snow Science Workshops in 2006 and 2008. He also works in the Emergency Department at the University of Utah Hospital.

Connelly, Tim

Ski guide and avalanche instructor with UMA since 2006. Fully-certified IFMGA guide. Spends Feb-April guiding in and around LaGrave, France.

Tim was awarded 2006 AMGA Guide of the Year. 

Tim has extensive experience guiding for the American Alpine Institute on Denali, the Cascades, and South America.

Engelhard, Bruce

Bruce has worked as a guide for Utah Mountain Adventures and White Pine Touring since 1998, teaching avalanche education and back-country travel in winter months and rock climbing in the summer.

Bruce has taught various avalanche courses for the Utah Avalanche Center, the Logan Avalanche Forecast Center, the Oakley School, the National Ski Patrol, and Utah State University. He forecasted for the Logan Avalanche Forecast Center in the northern Utah mountains for four years.

Bruce has also worked as a ski patroller and avalanche technician for the Utah Department of Transportation, Solitude ski area and Brighton ski area. He is now celebrating his 25th year living and skiing the central Wasatch range, compiling over 2000 days of back-country travel and skiing.

Faure, Julie

Julie was born and raised in France and started mountaineering in the Alps. She has rock, alpine and ice climbed in the continental US, Alaska, France and the Northern Himalaya. She has led two Denali expeditions, completed the first ski descent of neighboring Mt Foraker's Sultana ridge, and summited 23,000’ Khan Tengri in the Tien Shan Mtns. of Kyrgyzstan. She has enjoyed many nights on the big walls of Yosemite’s El Cap and the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. In the fall of 1995, Julie traveled by bicycle through Western China, Tibet and Vietnam. Her outside interests include culture, politics and cinema.

Julie has worked for Utah Mountain Adventures, first as a guide since 1995 and then as director and president of the guide service. She and Tyson Bradley have two sons: Roman (b. May, ‘02) and Diego (b. April, ‘05).

George, Adam

Adam was bitten by the climbing bug at fifteen years old while climbing in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. From a simple hobby, climbing quickly became the passion that now defines Adam’s life. Adam is well versed in all disciplines the sport has to offer, from ice climbing WI6 to climbing The Nose in a day. From sport climbing to ski mountaineering and from hard trad up to 5.13 to expeditions, summitting Denali and putting up new ice routes in India. Adam graduated from Middlebury with a BS in Geography. What better way to use this degree than to travel the world, exploring new cultures and mountain ranges, setting foot on each continent. Adam is a fully certified IFMGA/AMGA mountain guide and has completed his Avalanche Safety Level III with AIARE. Adam winter guides out of Salt Lake City, and in Ouray. He spends his summers guiding and climbing around the Alps

Adam is co-owner of www.IntoTheMountains.com

George, Caroline

Born in the heart of the Swiss Alps, Caroline was immersed in the mountain culture from the time she was born. Every holiday with her family was spent traveling the world, using climbing as a way to discover new places and cultures. Upon graduating from law school, Caroline took a sabbatical to compete in the Ice Climbing World cup and travel to Nepal, before returning to law. But her passion for climbing soon took over and she traded in her lawyer’s outfit for one of ropes, crampons, ice axes and skis.

Caroline calls Salt Lake City home. She is a guide for Utah Mountain Adventures in the winters, teaching ice climbing and taking her clients skiing in some of the world’s best backcountry snow. She also guides for Chicks with Picks, teaching women how to ice climb. She spends her summer guiding in the Cascades and Europe.

Caroline is a fully certified AMGA Alpine and Rock Guide. She will attain her full IFMGA certification this spring when taking her ski exam. She has also completed her Avalanche Safety Level III with AIARE.

Caroline is an athlete for First Ascent, Scarpa, Petzl, Julbo and Heidiskis.

Caroline is co-owner of www.IntoTheMountains.com

You can keep track of Caroline's many adventures on her blog: carolinegeorge.blogspot.com and www.carolinegeorge.com

Glew, Todd

Todd has been a member of the US National randonee racing team. He distinguished himself between 2005-2008 as one of the top ski mountaineering racers in the US, culminating in a 3rd place finish at the North American Championships in 2007. He built this speed and skill primarily by touring in the Wasatch Range six-days a week for the past 8 winters. He has dropped into almost every skiable line in the range and knows where to find “the goods” for his groups, whether its in Willow Fork or the Coalpit Headwall.

Todd has been on the UMA roster since 2008 and has also guided for Timberline Mtn Guides in Oregon and on Mt. Shasta, Ca. He has skied extensively around Chamonix, France and Mt. Washington / Tuckerman’s Ravine. He has skied Mt. Rainier, Lassen, and many lines on Shasta and Hood. He also climbs water ice and leads traditional rock climbing up to 5.11.

Todd is a graduate of the University of Utah’s Outdoor Rec program, and NOLS semester in Patagonia. He has been an outdoor leader for at-risk high-school boys and a mountain bike instructor.

Gonzalez, Higinio ("Quino")

Quino, who was born in Chile, grew up climbing and skiing in the Andes and Patagonia. His first experiences as a guide took him to Antarctica, where he helped to set up the now legendary ANI base camp in Patriot Hills. Quino was trained as a Journalist and has a degree in Political Science.

He has organized and led expeditions in Patagonia, Peru, Pakistan and India. In 2001, he summitted Broad Peak, an 8.000 meter peak in the Karakoram and got very high on nearby K2. In 2005, he led an expedition to Gasherbrum I. An avid rock and ice climber, Quino has climbed extensively in the Wasatch Range, the Rockies and Canada. He has also spent years exploring the Wasatch backcountry on skis.

Quino feels that his obligation to his client goes beyond guiding. There is, he thinks, “a need to teach and educate every time we go out, not only to secure safety, but also to help people understand the beauty of a good line, whether when climbing ice or rock, or when skiing a snow slope”.

Griffith, Dan

Dan has been living and skiing in the Wasatch Range of Utah since 1991. Dan has completed Avalanche Safety Levels I and II with the American Avalanche Institute and Level III with Swiss Rock Guides. He is on his way to becoming fully certified through the American Mountain Guides Association, having completed the Ski Guides & Ski Mountaineering Courses. He has 17 years of backcountry skiing experience. Dan has been a guide with UMA since 2003 and with Powderquest Tours in the Andes of Chile & Argentina since ‘04. Dan is the owner of a ski guiding business, Endless Turns.

All of this experience has allowed Dan to acquire an intimate understanding of some of the most spectacular ski terrain in the world. Dan has accomplished numerous ski descents in Canada, the Chugach Range in Alaska, the lower U.S., Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, Switzerland, Austria, France, and Italy.

Gustafson, Eric

Eric has been ski and snowboard guiding in the Wasatch for UMA since 1997. A Ski Patroller since 1982, Eric started in Vermont and ended up as patrol director for Solitude in Utah. Preferring the backcountry, he now spends most days touring the " greatest snow on earth". When the snow is old, he plays at or guides Kite-snowboarding.

Eric’s summers are spent on Cape Cod, MA where he started FunSeekers.org in 1992. Eric teaches kiteboarding, surfing and windsurfing on the beaches of Wellfleet.

Hebert, Calvin

Calvin has extensive climbing, skiing and canyoneering experience in Utah and the Rocky Mountain West. He has climbed big walls in Yosemite and Zion. He has also spent a lot of time in Alaska, climbing Denali, doing a first ascent on Mt. Hunters’ north face and traveling unexplored regions culminating in the first ascent of 3 previously unclimbed mountains (Mt. Beckey, Pirate Peak and Mt. Medusa.)

Calvin spends his summers as an Exum guide in the Tetons. He has also worked as a Nordic Ski Instructor.

Kaserman, Mike

Mike is UMA’s chief rock guide and summer director. He has guided rock, ice, canyoneering, and alpine climbing for UMA since 1994, and he also guides for Moab Desert Adventures and Snowbird Expeditions.

Mike became inextricably hooked on climbing while spending time in the Tetons in the late ‘80s. It’s been part of his lifestyle since. He has climbed in Thailand, Greece, Cuba, France, and Canada, and has led trips to Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, and northern India. His teaching experience is a strong element of his guiding. He’s been a high school and college teacher for 11 years, and was a PSIA certified ski instructor for 6. Kaserman rock climbs at the highest levels, and his mastery of the sport further enables him to bring out the best in his clients.

Keeling, Anna

New Zealander, Anna Keeling, is an internationally certified UIAGM/IFMGA mountain guide. She has been teaching avalanche classes and guiding backcountry skiing, rock, ice, and alpine climbing for UMA since 2002. From ski racing and sailing in her teenage years, Anna moved into endurance sports (now known as adventure racing) in her early 20's while a student. She won many NZ long distance kayak-cycle-run-ski races, including the inaugural Raid Gauloises Adventure Race in 1989 with a come-back to a podium place in the world championships in 2005. Anna has also worked on and raced in three Eco Challenges. Endurance sports led naturally to mountaineering and rock climbing. Mountain, ski and climbing guiding have taken Anna all over the world but she finds herself most often in Utah, the NZ Alps, the Canadian Rockies and the Indian Himalaya. Anna completed a university degree in Parks and Recreation Management in 1990. She can also be found painting the mountains, desert and ocean. Anna became a mother in 2006 with the birth of her son, Obie.

Mletschnig, John

A New England transplant and devoted skier, John began his avalanche education while studying geography at the University of Utah in an attempt for self preservation. After graduating, John spent several years patrolling and triggering avalanches for the Solitude Ski Patrol where he gained and invaluable base for guiding and an incredible appetite for powder. John has spent the last four years working as a ski guide, avalanche forecaster, ski patroller and educator while circling the Pacific chasing the snow like a winter possessed Captain Cook.

John currently spends his year working for Utah Mountain Adventures, Park City Powder Cats, Points North Heli Adventures-Alaska, Mt. Olympus–New Zealand, and Ice Axe Expeditions where he recently guided on a ski-mountaineering trip to Tierra del Fuego and the Antarctic Peninsula.

In his free time John enjoys climbing to the tops of high peaks and rock faces, skiing and flying a speed wing down their flanks whenever possible. Living his dream, with an unwavering focus to the mountains, John is ecstatic to lead the way for others to experience the limitless world in the way he sees it.

Ormond, Pat

A top-notch alpine, rock and ice climber and skier, Patrick has guided backcountry skiing, rock, ice, and mountaineering for UMA since 2004. He has been climbing since he was 3 and grew up with an old school climbing education in the Cascade Mountains. Although he can still appreciate a good bushwack in the rain to some remote peak, the sunny rock and bottomless snow of Utah has kept him here since 2000. His climbing ranges from big walls to ice and mixed climbing, 5.13 rock and Denali's Cassin Ridge. As a guide, he has led expeditions on Denali and Aconcagua, and has worked in the Tetons for Exum since 2005. Guiding allows him to share his love of the mountains with his clients. His goal is to instill appreciation for the mountain environment while teaching and helping his clients achieve their goals.

Patrick also teaches avalanche courses and has an AIARE level 3 certification. He is an AMGA Certified Rock and Alpine guide.

Passey, Todd

Todd grew up here in Utah, skiing and playing in the beautiful Wasatch mountains. He recognized his desire to work outdoors early on persuing and receiving his degree from the University of Utah’s school of recreation and tourism. In 2000 Todd began guiding for Alpine Ascents International where he was a senior guide, leading trips to Alaska, Antarctica, Tibet, South America and the North Cascades. Todd Continues to guide for a number of guide services such as the Alaska Mountaineering School and as an independent guide organizing and guiding trips around the world. Check out his international mountain guiding group at www.inthecompanyofguides.com.

Even with years of experience under his belt Todd enjoys learning and continually seeks to improve his skill and ability as a guide. In this pursuit Todd joined the AMGA, and is now an AMGA Certified Ski Mountaineering Guide, and Certified Rock Guide, and plans to complete his full IFMGA certification in the fall with his Alpine Exam. He has also completed his level III avalanche training and is a Wilderness First Responder.

A natural leader, Todd takes extreme pride in helping skiers and climbers safely achieve their goals in the mountains, and have a great time doing it.

Among Todd’s personal climbing accomplishments are: a first Ascent of the 5000’ West Face of Mt. Vinson, The Cassin Ridge on Denali and the Walker Spur of the Grand Jorasses.

When not traveling around the world climbing or skiing Todd lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with his wife, climbing partner and fellow guide; Winslow Passey.

Passey, Winslow

Winslow has been a professional mountain guide since 2000, guiding in areas such as Nepal, Mongolia, Alaska, Antarctica, South America and the Western United States. Attributes that are frequently used to describe Winslow are her enthusiasm and passion for everything she does. Winslow’s love of skiing and climbing around the world is translated into conscientious instruction and guiding while delivering the goods and enjoying every minute of the adventure.

Winslow is an AMGA Certified Ski Mountaineering Guide and has completed her level III avalanche training. She is a Senior Guide for Alpine Ascents International and Utah Mountain Adventures. Winslow is also a Certified Yoga instructor, receiving her training in Nepal from the renowned Yogi Dr. Sushil Bhattacharya. She loves to incorporate the techniques of balance, focus and strength learned through Yoga into her skiing and climbing instruction, bringing out the best in everyone she leads.

Winslow thrives on challenge and finds the mountain environment an exceptional playground in which she can meet this need. Some of her favorite challenges have been climbing Ama Dablam, Mt Hunter and the Grand Jorasses and skiing 10,000’ foot days in Valdez, Alaska or at home in the Wasatch. Winslow’s international trips are also led through a parallel company owned by he Passeys and Tim Connelly, www.inthecompanyofguides.com.

Patterson, Craig

A UMA rock, ice, mountaineering and ski guide since 2004, Craig has been UMA’s lead Level I avalanche instructor and a Utah Department of Transportation avalanche forecaster for Provo Canyon since 2006. Craig grew up in Switzerland where he developed his sense of place in the mountains and skied extensively throughout France. He attended college in Ohio, where he spent most of his time cragging at the Red River Gorge and climbing ice and rock in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and still managed to obtain a degree in Geology. He thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail in the Spring of 2001from Kathadin to Springer, and then moved to Alaska to work in the Western Chugach as an avalanche safety instructor and a guide. He led ice, rock and glacier trips, and taught crevasse rescue and mountaineering skills. Craig has done ice, rock and alpine ascents along the Front Range of Colorado, the Wind Rivers, the Chugach and Kenai mountains of Alaska, West central Wyoming and Montana, and all throughout the Wasatch and desert Southwest. He’s also done numerous ski descents throughout North America and Europe.

Paulos, Trisha

Trisha began instructing and guiding in the fall of 2008 and was hired by Utah Mountain Adventures in the summer of 2009. She is a certified Single Pitch Instructor through the American Mountain Guides Association and is pursuing her rock instructor and rock guide certification. Just recently Trish finished an unsupported, unguided ascent of Mt. Kenya's true summit, Batian, with other UMA guide Nate Smith. While Trish is most at home on the rock she also guides and instructs ice climbing, spending a majority of her time in the winter climbing water ice in Utah and Colorado. She recently graduated from the University of Utah with a BFA in Photography and is planning to apply to graduate school in the next year or two. She hopes to study animal behavior and psychology. Trish also works as a lead instructor for the University of Utah Climbing Programs and as an instructor for Wilderness Medicine of Utah. When she is not climbing, Trish can be found running with or launching tennis balls for her two dogs.

Polloczek, Andy

Andy was born and grew up in Germany, where he started climbing and skiing at the age of 12. He has been guiding since 1998 in various fields such as river running, dog mushing, mountain climbing, ice and rock climbing and skiing. He has climbed and led expeditions to Alaska, South America, Asia and Europe. During the summer, he guides in the Pacific Northwest for International Mountain Guides. In the winter, he guides backcountry skiing, ice climbing and mountaineering in the Wasatch Mountains for Utah Mountain Adventures . If not guiding, he spends his time with his wife exploring the wild parts of Utah and the world. Currently, he is working toward his IFMGA certification.

Raynor, Scott

Scott has been a ski and mountain guide since 1996. Since then he has been a lead guide, avalanche forecaster, avalanche instructor and operations consultant. Currently he is the owner and lead guide at Valdez Heli-Ski Guides. In the summers you can find him heli-ski guiding in Chile. Scott has skied and guided all over the world including Alaska, Canada, the Western US, New Zealand, Chile and Argentina. He is a professional member of the American Avalanche Association. Scott also has an extensive ski mountaineering/ alpine climbing resume, including expeditions throughout Alaska and Canada and guiding experience on Denali.

Reddish, Patrick

Robbins, Kelly

Kelly hails from such celebrated backcountry skiing locales as Corvallis, OR and St. Paul, MN. He moved to Salt Lake City after graduating from college, and although he did not even plan on staying through that winter, he now finds himself celebrating over a decade of Wasatch winters.

Once in Utah, Kelly refined his snowboarding skills at Snowbird, and also taught snowboarding at Solitude. Along the way, he started associating with people who go ‘backcountry touring’ and ride ‘splitboards’. He was influenced to buy one of his own, and the rest is history.

Kelly has been teaching and guiding splitboarding since the 05/06 season. He also teaches backcountry snowboarding/winter camping courses for the National Outdoor Leadership School, and provides avalanche observations for the Utah Avalanche Center. In his spare time, he does things like cook dinner, clean the house, walk the dogs, and hang out with his wife, Kathleen.

Kelly also loves life.

Smith, Nathan

Nate joined UMA in 2006 and is currently a rock, ice, alpine and ski guide and avalanche instructor. It was Nate's passion for climbing and backcountry travel that brought him to Utah originally. He attended the University of Utah and is now pursuing a PhD studying the link between outdoor recreation and living a healthy lifestyle. His outdoor and guiding experiences have taken him to places such as the local Wasatch, the Cascades, southern Utah desert sandstone, and Ouray's water ice park. Just recently Nate did an unsupported, unguided ascent of Mt. Kenya's true summit, Batian, together with UMA guide Trish Paulos. In addition to his involvement with UMA, Nate coordinates the University of Utah’s Climbing Programs, and is an academic liaison/accreditation committee member for the American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA). He is also a wilderness medicine instructor for Wilderness Medicine of Utah. Nate is current as a Wilderness EMT and is working his way through the guide training programs for the AMGA.

Solle, Scott

Scott started snowboarding in the mid ‘80s in Montana at age 12. River guiding in Southern Utah in the mid ‘90s made for an opportunity to end up in Little Cottonwood Canyon to bridge the seasons for one winter… which turned into 5, 10, 15 winters. Working a few years for Voile Equipment led to splitboarding and tele-skiing, but most importantly friends who would promote safe backcountry skiing adventures and show him around the Wasatch. Currently he is a professional ski patroller at Alta. When he isn’t skiing and performing avalanche control work at Alta you can find him splitboard guiding for UMA where he is willing to show you what keeps him in Utah.

Summers consist of slowly remodeling his old house and running his whitewater equipment business, Solgear. Scott is also an EMT-Intermediate and teaches swiftwater rescue for Rescue 3 International, but he would rather just go boating with friends than perform first aid or river rescues.

Spitzer, Jonathon

Jonathon grew up hiking, climbing, and skiing in Washington State. These days his hobby has become his profession, and he can be found splitting his time between Washington and Utah. Jonathon is a fully certified AMGA/IFMGA mountain guide. During the spring and summer months he guides throughout the Cascades, the Alaska Range, British Columbia, and in Red Rock, NV. In the winter, he is a professional ski guide and avalanche educator in the Wasatch Mountains. When at home, Jonathon can be found at home making pizza from scratch or perfecting his pad thai.

Certifications include:

    •   AMGA Certified Rock Guide
    •   AMGA Certified Alpine Guide
    •   AMGA Certified Ski Mountaineering Guide
    •   AIARE Avalanche Level III
    •   EMT License
    •   Leave No Trace
    •   AIARE Avalanche Instructor level I & II
    •   IFMGA Certified Guide

Awards & Recognition:

    •   Black Diamond Equipment: Field Tester / Product
         Development team
   •   2008 W.L. Gore Scholarship
   •   Outdoor Research clothing Connector Program

Sterrett, Scott

Scott Sterrett has been skiing since age 6 and has been very actively backcountry skiing in the Wasatch Range since 1981. He has skied all over the Western U.S. including Colorado, California and Nevada. Outside of the U.S. he has skied in the mountain ranges of France, Italy, and Switzerland. Scott worked for Snowbird’s Snow Safety department for 6 years and has been guiding for UMA since 2006. Scott specializes in backcountry skiing & avalanche education. When Scott isn’t busy guiding he spends his time raising his two daughters, operating Lone Peak Designs and riding mountain & road bicycles. Scott has his Level 2 avalanche certification and is a Wilderness First Responder.

Wyatt, Rick

Rick Wyatt has been guiding since 1975. Presently he leads guides seminars, avalanche courses, and client groups in all mountain disciplines for UMA in the fall, winter and spring, and for Exum Mountain Guides in the Tetons in the summer. He has done the first solo ascent of Stairway to Heaven ice climb in Provo Canyon and the first descent of the Grand Teton on cross-country skis! He has led expeditions to McKinley, Alpamayo, Huascaran, Bolivian Andes, Masherbrum, Nanga Parbat, and Mount Everest. Rick has also been an avalanche forecaster, most notably with Utah Department of Transportation in Little Cottonwood Canyon. Wyatt has been a consultant and rigger for a variety of films and stunts. He is an AMGA certified Alpine Guide.