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2008 Clinic Instructors
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Presented by Mountain Gear,
Arcteryx, and White Water, Cold Smoke will feature the following list of world-renowned athletes.
We are adding new names to this list every day, so please check back often.
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John Buffery
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 John Buffery has been a CMGA certified guide since 1989. He is a multitalented guide, guiding groups on AT, Tele, and Snowboards. Buff is also a l safety consultant for the film industry, assessing and setting up safety proceeders as well as guiding film crews on mountain shoots. Buff is also a professional member of CAA,teaching avalanche courses as far away as Japan as well as heli and backcountry guiding in BC and Alberta. |
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Tom Gellie
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 Tele Tom is a passionate and funloving redhead who travels between the Australian and Canadian winters helping inspire others to be lifelong skiers. He currently holds his level 2 Telemark, Level 2 alpine and coaches freestyle skiing for the Silverstar Freestyle club. Other festivals he has run clinics for include the Whistler Backcountry Freeride Jam and Telefest in Australia. |
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Larry Goldie
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 Larry has been guided in various ranges around North America as well as the European Alps since 1991. He currently guides for North Cascades Mountain Guides and is the Snow Safety Director for North Cascades Heli Skiing. Larry is a IFMGA certified Mountain Guide and also teaches avalanche courses throughout the north west. makes his home in Mazama, WA. |
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Brian Gould
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 Brian has been climbing and backcountry skiing for almost 20 years. Along the way his skills have led him to many fields including; technical avalanche research and consulting, heliskiing, film rigging and stunt work, industrial rescue and fall protection training and consulting. Currently he is a Avalanche Specialist for the BC Ministry of Transporation Avalanche Program. In addition he owns an operates Haute Alpine Adventures, offering guiding and outdoor skills instruction. |
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Emily Grady
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 Emily currently lives and works around Nelson BC, but her ski career taken her to New Zealand, South America, and across Canada. She is a Canadian level 3 instructor in both Alpine and Tele and has filled the role of instructor, ski school director, gear tester, as well as an avid backcountry skier. She is currently teaching and coaching around BC as well as working in program development for the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides (ACMG). |
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Shelley Hakanson
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 Shelley grew up in Government Camp and skiing on Mt Hood. She started Wy'East Nordic in 1983, teaching cross country and telemark skiing on Mt Hood. Since 1983, she has run her nationally known summer tele camps at Timberline, and also becoming an examiner and Division Clinic Leader For PSIA NW Telemark.
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Naheed Henderson
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 Naheed started skiing as a little girl growing up in Vermont, but it has been in the last ten years that she has dedicated herself to telemark skiing. She spends her winters coaching skiing camps and skiing at her home hill of Jackson Hole as well as ski guiding in the region. She also has traveled on numerous skiing expeditions around the world and last year skied off the summit of Denali. |
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Greg Hill
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 Greg is the preeminent ski mountaineer racer in Canada right now, winning the Whistler Randonee rally three years running. He has pioneered a 200 km ski traverse in the Northern Monashees and last year toured over a million vertical feet, with 37 10,000 foot plus days. Greg is a certified assistant ski guide and guides through out BC and Alberta. |
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Nils Larsen
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 Nils first tried to tele in 1977 - he completed his first successful turn in 1980. SInce then he has been an avid free heel and backcountry skier, teaching and skiing across the US and Canada. Nils has also produced three backcountry focused free heel videos and is currently working as a consultant for Karhu USA and on a documentary project on the roots of skiing in central asia. |
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Wren McElroy
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 Wren McElroy is a Professional Member of the Canadian Avalanche Association and started working in the avalanche industry 15 years ago. Wren got her start ski patrolling at Whitewater Ski Area and has taught avalanche and Occupational First Aid courses for over 10 years. Born and raised in the Nelson area Wren has a passion for these mountains that she loves to share. Her experiences range from sailing on a small boat across the pacific to climbing Mount Logan, Canada’s Highest Mountain. This year Wren has joined the CAA’’s Industry Training Program Instructor Team teaching on the Ski Operations Level 1 Avalanche Courses. Teaching all women’s groups is something that Wren started doing in the mid 90’’s. |
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Eric Pehota
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 Eric Pehota is considered one of the most accomplished adventure skiers in North America. He has many first ascents and descents around the world, including a solo descent of the NW face of Mt Waddington. Eric has been a member of the Whistler/Blackcomb Free-ride team for 6 years. |
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Don Portman
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 Don has been teaching skiing for 35 years and have been the owner & director of Methow Valley Ski School for 30 years.He was a member of the PSIA Nordic Demo Team for eight years and spent many years as an examiner for telemark instructor certification.Don has really been one of the pioneers of telemark in the NW and has mentored and trained many of the telemark instructors in the region. He has taught at telemark camps and clinics all over North America including the Mazama Washington camps in the 1980’s and the Mt. Hood summer camps from 1985 to this year. |
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Karen Reader
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 Karen has been teaching Alpine and telemark skiing for over 5 years as well as competing in various free skiing competitions around North America. SHe has taught in a number of Women's specific programs including "Babes in the Backcountry" and Alison Gannett's Steep's Camps. SHe currently works for the Kristy Exner Ski Camps and Red Mountain Ski School and lives in Rossland, BC. |
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Chad Sayers
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 Chad is a hard charging and committed free skier, continually pushing his own limits to achieve his long-term goal of skiing the perfect line. He explores his home slopes of Whistler as well as the Alps and has ventured as far as the Patagonian Ice Cap in his skiing quest. For him he journey is as important as the destination - a concept exemplified by his desire to climb before the descent.
Chad is a level 3 instructor in Canada and has taught in Whistler and for Extremely Canadian on and off for the past 7 years. Chad is a level 3 instructor in Canada and has taught in Whistler and for Extremely Canadian on and off for the past 7 years. |
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Ramin Sherkat
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 Ramin has been guiding a mix of backcountry, heli, and snowcat skiing in BC for the past 10 years. He is a ACMG full guide as well as a Level 2 and professional member of the CAA. The last few years he has been guiding at Powder Creek Lodge, Valhalla Powder Cats, and RK Heli Skiing. Ramin and his family live in Nelson where he is also owner of NRG Enterprises, and importer and distributor of specialized gear to bicycle and outdoor retailers. |
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