Meet The Team
Ski Guide & Owner
Mel is the proud owner of Mountain Addicts – Guiding and Instruction. Mel built her guiding expertise in the Rockies, first developing her avalanche forecasting skills as a ski patroller and later as a cat skiing guide. She currently works as a guiding manager at Last Frontier Heliskiing and continues to guide ski touring from a sail boat in Norway. Mel is passionate about sharing incredible mountain experiences and particularly loves facilitating mountain travel confidence and independence in women.
Operations Manager
Jade is from the UK and grew up snowboarding a couple of weeks a year in the French Alps. She ‘retired’ from teaching and moved to Fernie in 2018, originally just for the winter as so many people do, and now calls this town home! Jade took her AST1 course with Mountain Addicts in her first winter season, and has spent every winter since exploring the local area on her splitboard and learning about the local terrain. As well as Mountain Addicts, Jade works at the local snowboard shop Edge of the World. She will be the friendly voice at the end of your calls and emails, answering all your questions and getting you booked on your next adventure!
ACMG Ski Guide
“Big” Steve Kloepzig has over 20 years of guiding experience in the Elk Valley. A gentle giant, this father of two girls and former pro-hockey player, is one of the most requested guides at Island Lake Catskiing. Steve has also worked as a heli-ski guide, and recently spent time ski touring in Greenland. With an excellent safety record, and a strong belief in the value of mentorship, Steve is eager to share his knowledge with you.
ACMG Ski Guide
Eric is an ACMG Ski Guide, Professional Member of the Canadian Avalanche Association, and Apprentice Rock Guide. Eric has a real enthusiasm for sharing his knowledge and always going the extra mile to create the best guest experience. He looks forward to sharing his love for the mountains with you.
ACMG Ski Guide
Will lives in Golden BC with his wife and two sons. He has been a part of building and guiding high quality, safe vacations for people in the mountains for over 25 years. In that time he has graduated from Mount Royal College in Calgary with a Bachelors of Ecotourism and Outdoor Leadership, Passed the ACMG Ski and Hiking Guide exams, become an Avalanche Professional with the Canadian Avalanche Association, written curriculum and trained instructors for the Outdoor Council of Canada and spent lots and lots of days outside adventuring. He has guided in Australia, Japan, the Canadian Arctic and all over Western Canada. He is passionate about teaching and sharing his love for wild places with others.
ACMG Ski Guide
ACMG Ski Guide
Kai is originally from Alberta but made the switch to beautiful British Columbia during the last few years. Ski Patroller turned Ski Guide, he has spent over 15 winters between Canada and New Zealand. Now based in Revelstoke, he splits his time between Heli Skiing and Ski Touring. In the summer, Kai enjoys long adventures bike-packing in distant places with his partner.
ACMG Ski Guide
Anne lives in Revelstoke, BC where she enjoys exploring the Columbia Mountains. Her winters are spent guiding heli-skiing and backcountry ski touring and she is looking forward to sharing winter experiences with you!
ACMG Ski Guide
Dan won’t reveal exactly how many years (or decades…) that he has been guiding for in an effort to maintain an air of youthful exuberance. His resume is quite lengthy though and includes work as a heliskiing guide at Mica Heli Guides, and as an Industrial Avalanche Technician in north-western British Columbia. Dan and his family recently moved to Kimberley BC and now enjoys working with Mountain Addicts where he can share the joy of backcountry travel with folks from around the world! When Dan isn’t exploring new places and looking for adventure, you can find him queitly relaxing with a good cup of coffee.