Mel is the proud owner of Mountain Addicts – Guiding and Instruction. Mel began her career in 2008 working as a ski patroller in Fernie before moving on to ski guiding. Her well-rounded guiding experience includes heli-ski guiding at Last Frontier where she is a guiding manager at Ripley Creek, and ski touring guiding and cat-ski guiding, in Canada, New Zealand and Japan. As an instructor and guide, Mel is passionate about sharing incredible mountain experiences and particularly loves facilitating mountain travel confidence and independence in women.