Erin is a Colorado girl through and through—raised in the world’s largest alpine valley, the San Luis Valley, and now living at the foot of the northern flank of the San Juan Mountains in Ridgway. First cutting her teeth as a ski patroller at Wolf Creek Ski Area in southern Colorado, she developed a keen eye for avalanche safety and snow quality. Today, her work focuses on international ski guiding, risk management, mountain rescue, and mountain safety education. Erin is an American Mountain Guides Association Certified Ski Guide, holds her American Avalanche Association Pro 2 Certification, and is an Advanced Emergency Medical Technician. She also teaches avalanche courses for the American Institute of Avalanche Research and Education, has worked for numerous guiding outfits as snow safety supervisor in addition to guide, and is a member of the San Juan County Rapid Avalanche Deployment Team. At home you’ll find her baking bread and snuggling with her sweet retired avalanche pup, Willie. Erin has guided internationally in Kyrgyzstan, China, Japan, Norway, Iceland, Antarctica, Chile and Argentina, and it’s her greatest joy to share the mountains of the world with friends new and old. Following an unfortunate ACL injury near the end of winter 2024, Erin (and her doctor) decided that guiding work in remote locations was off the cards for 2025, but now that she’s 1000% again we’re stoked to have her on board for our 2026 Mystery Trip!