Home mountain:Jackson Hole, WY
Favorite part about skiing?
Those caffeinated, buzzed up butterflies that get my heart racing.
The nervous yet excited feeling of the challenges and unknowns ahead.
THAT is why I love skiing.
It is a life-long love affair.
It makes me feel 100% free from any and every stress in the world.
It is a never-ending journey where there is always room to challenge myself and improve my skills.
Yeah let’s be honest…
I love everything about skiing.
Photo: Cy Whitling
Favorite Quote?
“Comparison is the thief of joy.”
Too many people set goals around other people’s success instead of their own.
The only person you should ever be comparing or competing with is yourself.
So…funny you ask.
Once I was informed by an unnamed source that my spirit animal was a centipede.
WTF does that mean?!
Needless to say, that was not the guidance I was hoping for.
More importantly, loyal, devoted, and passionate.
My family and friends are my top priority and I would do anything to protect them.
I am a hunter.
I go after what I want.
How do you stay busy during summer?
Backpacking and crushing s’mores.
I also work a decent amount so that I can get out and play.
As soon as the season ends, that is when it is time to start training for next winter.
Putting the lungs to work and getting in those deep squats is vital.
How else do you think we keep these ski booties looking good?
What do you ski on?
Two sheets of metal, flat tail…charger ski on anything and everything.
I feel 100% confident that this ski will take me through it all.
What has been your greatest accomplishment as a skier?
Competing in the Freeride World Qualifiers last winter and training with Mountain Athlete.
It was the biggest mental and physical challenge I have ever taken on in my life.
It was an incredibly humbling experience that enabled me to take my skiing to the next level.
I met so many incredible athletes and wonderful people whom I still am friends with today.
What skiers would you consider your greatest inspirations?
Who inspired me to get where I am now?
Lindsey Vonn and Sarah Burke.
Amazing women, amazing athletes, and will always be two of my idols.
Inspiration for my future of skiing and taking my skiing to the next level?
I met her when I moved to Jackson, and she has been my biggest skiing idol since.
She got me into competing, and she motivates me every day to push myself and become better.
What goals do you have for your skiing?
If there is any place to get into ski mountaineering, Jackson is it.
What throw in of skier would you consider yourself?
What would your perfect day on the mountain look like?
Well first off, it would be the most epic powder day of my life.
Not a typical, expected, powder day, but a sleeper pow day.
One turn and you would be choking on all the snow.
There has been so much done for women’s skiing in the past few years.
How do you think people view the world of Women’s skiing today?
There was skiing, stoke, smelly socks and sketchy maneuvers.
There were cramped feet, tomahawks, yardsales, shin-bang, cossack trains and denim vests.
In a word this was just a ski trip that happened to have more girls than boys.
Maybe skiing doesn’t need any more agendas or campaigns.
Maybe we should just stop talking about women’s skiing and instead get more women skiing."
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