Instructor Bio

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Ian is an internationally licensed IFMGA/UIAGM mountain guide, meaning he is certified as an Alpine, Rock, and Ski guide through the AMGA and a Senior AMGA national Instructor Team Member and AIARE and AAI Pro Trainer. Ian has taught over 170 AIARE courses and has also authored a local climbing guidebook entitled SuperTopo: Washington Pass Climbing, Climbing Self-Rescue, and Glacier Climbing and Crevasse Rescue for Mountaineers Publishing and is a writer for OutdoorGearLab and Climbing Magazine. Ian is AIARE Level III certified, a Wilderness First Responder, A Northwest Avalanche Center(NWAC) Professional Observer, is an AIARE Level 1 and Level 2 Course Leader, has worked previously on the Snow Safety Team for the Alaska Avalanche Information Center and Tailgate Alaska, and is a LNT Trainer.