Talking Skiing

Dan VanDerMeulen has over 20 years of experience living and guiding in the Alaska mountains and is the lead helicopter ski guide with Alaska Backcountry Guides. In this episode, we talk about skiing from Dan's back porch in Valdez, his first winter in Alaska, his journey to becoming a heli-ski guide, and what makes Alaska Backcountry Guides special. Plus we delve into Dan's thought process when analyzing weather and snow conditions and his approach when guiding guests.

In this episode I talk with Danny Walton. He is a Pro Telemark Skier and founder of Ascend Coaching for Athletes. We talk about some of Danny's early skiing days around the Cleveland area before his eventual move to the Sun Valley, Idaho area. Plus Danny also talks about running the Sun Valley Tele Series, meeting and skiing with Glen Plake, starting Marley and the Mountains, the first photo of him in a magazine, and starting his new coaching endeavor.

Ashley Teren is a world traveling skier and founder of the Leave a Trace Ski and Ride Foundation. In this episode, Ashley talks about her early life as a ski racer, before heading to Pakistan for her senior year of high school, living in Hawaii for 15 years and her return to skiing as a ski coach in Southern Oregon. We also chat about Ashley becoming a ski instructor at Mt Bachelor, starting the Leave a Trace Ski and Ride Foundation, her comebacks from injury and her travels to exotic locations.