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!

Greg Inman grew up skiing Poley Mountain in New Brunswick. After graduating from Acadia University with a degree in Recreation Management, Greg moved to Fernie to become a ski guide. With a background working as a heli-skiing guide in northern BC, and ski touring in almost every range in BC, he now spends most of his time guiding at Island Lake Catskiing while raising a young family in Fernie. Greg’s love of skiing is infectious, as well as his laugh, so you’re sure to have an unforgettable day. Greg is also the owner of Broadwood Tree Services.

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.

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.

Corin loves sharing the mountain experience and the connections that are made while learning and exploring in the backcountry. A graduate of the Mountain Adventure Skills Training program, he began his career on skis patrolling in Fernie. Corin went on to become a guide and has been guiding ski trips in the mountains of Western Canada since 2011, including ski touring guiding and instructing ski-mountaineering courses for Icefall Lodge, and heli-ski guiding at CMH. He lives in Fernie with his family and spends his summers running Icewalks ; a glacier guiding business in Jasper National Park.

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.