INSTRUCTORS SARAH CARPENTER Former Patroller at Bridger Bowl and The Yellowstone Club. Co-Chair of the Education Committee of the American Avalanche Association. Director of the AVPRO avalanche course. KELLY ELDER* Research Hydrologist for USFS. Former assistant professor in the Department of Earth Resources at Colorado State University. Mountaineer and backcountry skier. Manufacturer of snow measuring equipment. LIAM FITZGERALD* Director of highway forecasting and control for Utah Department of Transportation in Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons. Former Snow Safety Director at Snowbird. Forecaster and consultant for ski area avalanche problems since 1968. ROBBIE FULLER Former patroller and back country forecaster, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Research in snow mechanics. Backcountry skier since 1968. JAKE HUTCHINSON* Former Snow Safety Director at Canyons Resort, currently Patrol Director. Avalanche Dog handler, trainer, and validator. Backcountry skier and mountaineer with first ascents in Alaska. TOM KIMBROUGH* Forecaster with Utah Avalanche Forecast Center. Ski Patrol and avalanche worker at Badger Pass, Squaw Valley, Alpine Meadows, and Alta. Backcountry skier since 1965. RON MATOUS* Former COBS Winter Course Director and Jackson Hole Ski Patroller. Winter ski and climbing guide in the Tetons with numerous guided winter ascents of the Grand Teton. Alaskan and Himalayan guiding since 1990. MARK NEWCOMB* Backcountry ski guide for Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Guide and forecaster for Valdez Heli-Ski, Alaska. Former assistant to the Bridger-Teton National Forest avalanche forecast program. Three first ski descents on the Grand Teton. ROD NEWCOMB* Former forecaster at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Avalanche research in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. Director of AAI since 1974. Backcountry skier since 1961. NAT PATRIDGE* Former heli-ski guide for Valdez Heli-Ski. Former lead guide and avalanche forecaster for Jackson Hole Alpine Guides. Currently avalanche forecaster and guide for High Mountain Heli-Ski. DOUG RICHMOND* Snow Safety Director and Assistant Patrol Director at Bridger Bowl, MT. Vice President of American Avalanche Association. Thirty-two years of professional ski patrolling in California, Colorado, and Montana. MIKE RUTH Senior guide with Exum Mountain Guides. Backcountry skier and winter ski guide for Exum Utah Mountain Adventures. Mountaineer with first ascents in Alaska. DON SHARAF* Senior Staff Winter and Mountaineering Instructor for National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) for 12 years. Former Winter Program Coordinator for NOLS (4 years). Weather/Avalanche Forecaster and Heli-ski guide for Valdez Heli-Ski Guides. JIM WOODMENCY* Chief meteorologist for Mountain Weather in Jackson, WY. Author of the book "Reading Weather." Former avalanche forecaster for the state of Alaska, Heli-ski guide since 1984. RICK WYATT* Former lead forecaster for Utah Department of Transportation in Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons. Forecaster, winter mountaineer, and avalanche consultant for film projects since 1977. *American Avalanche Association Certified