Guides

Jayson is currently the owner / operator of Crested Butte Mountain Guides. He has been living and guiding in Crested Butte since 1999. Jayson guides all types of alpine summer and winter trips with CBMG, from top-roping and hiking to technical alpine climbing routes and backcountry skiing. He is also a forecaster for the Crested Butte Avalanche Center, an AIARE avalanche instructor, a member of the Crested Butte Pro Ski Patrol, an instructor for the Wilderness Medicine Institute of NOLS, and a staff trainer for Outward Bound West. Jayson is a Professional Member of the AMGA and is a Certified Ski Mountaineering Guide & Top-Rope Site Manager. Jayson holds a current Wilderness EMT-B and an AIARE Level III avalanche training certification.

Steve is a fully certified IFMGA guide. This is the highest level of guiding certification in the world and is held by only a handful of American guides. Steve has lived in the Gunnison Valley for 13 years, climbing and skiing all over the state. Steve is an EMT, AIARE Level 2 avalanche course instructor and in winter he also forecasts for the Crested Butte Avalanche Center, and works for the Crested Butte Professional Ski Patrol. In the summer Steve guides in the European Alps, and other destinations around the world. Check out his website at www.stevebanksmountainguide.com

Johnny has been guiding in the Gunnison Valley since 2006. He leads rock climbing, alpine climbing, mountain biking and wildflower tours in the summertime. In the winter he guides backcountry skiing and teaches avalanche courses. He spends his springs instructing rock and alpine climbing in the Pacific Northwest. He has successfully completed the AMGA Ski Guides Course, the AMGA Rock Instructor Course as well as the Top-Rope Site Manager Course and Exam. Johnny is an AIARE qualified instructor, AIARE Avalanche Level III certified, a wilderness first responder and has a degree in Geology. You can visit his site at www.johnnymtguide.blogspot.com

Ian is a professional mountain guide from Australia, and is our big mountain specialist, who has been living in Crested Butte for the past 20 years. Primarily an alpine climber, Ian has climbed all over the world from Scotland to Chile, Canada to New Zealand...including numerous expeditions to 8,000 meter peaks in the Himalaya & Karakorum. Here in Colorado, Ian has climbed all the 14ers (30 of them via technical routes), and would be happy to throw you a rope and point the way to the summit. In winters, apart from ice and alpine climbing, Ian has skied or snowboarded over 100 days a season in the backcountry for the past 20 years. He knows and loves our Elk Mountains and will be happy to share that love with you.

Mike guides all forms of climbing and skiing at CBMG as well as instructs AIARE avalanche courses. When not guiding in Crested Butte, Mike instructs outdoor leadership programs at Colorado Mountain College's Timberline Campus as well as owns and operates Mountain Pro Guiding. He is a certified Wilderness First Responder, AIARE Level III avalanche forecaster and earned a Bachelor's degree in Wilderness Leadership from Prescott College. Mike is also an AMGA certified Rock Climbing and Ski Mountaineering Guide.

Laura grew up in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, where she fell in love with the outdoors (minus the spiders), skiing and climbing. She came to the Gunnison Valley in 1998 in search of powder, climbing partners and a BA from Western State College in Outdoor Leadership. While in school, she worked for the outdoor program, guiding other students on rock and ice climbng trips. Guiding has taken her around Colorado and to Mexico and Nepal, teaching everything from mountain biking to rock climbing and women's empowerment clinics. She is a professional member of the American Mountain Guides Association, a certified AMGA Top Rope Site Manager and Wilderness First Responder. Laura leads rock climbing, mountain biking, hiking, sea kayaking and wild flower trips for CBMG.

Dan has been guiding for over a decade now throughout Colorado, the American West, and beyond. Before coming to CBMG he has guided rockclimbing, mountaineering, skiing, ice climbing, kayaking, mountain biking, and winter activities for such organizations as Outward Bound, Colorado Mountain College, & western State College. Dan has extensive international travelling experiences and has mountaineering and rockclimbing experience from such places as Yosemite, Alaska, Peru, New Zealand, and Australia. Dan is fluent in Spanish, has been a member of the NPS rescue team on Mount McKinley, worked as a technical rigger for Primal Quest adventure races, is a WFR, holds his AIARE Level 2 Avalanche Certificate, and currently serves as an elected official on the Crested Butte Town Council.

Kyle makes his living as a full time professional mountain guide and high angle rope access technician and rigger. Kyle guides year round for CBMG and is a AIARE avalanche instructor. Kyle is a certified Wilderness EMT-B and has taken his AIARE Level 3. He is actively pursuing full IFMGA/UIAGM certification through the American Mountain Guides Association and has taken AMGA courses in the Rock, Alpine, and Ski disciplines. He has also competed in the Ouray Ice Climbing Festival.

Crested Butte finally pulled Amy away from the Michigan "city girl" lifestyle in 1999. She recieved her BA in Excercise phsiology and joined the Western State Rescue Team. She has led sea kayaking, mountaineering, backcountry snowboarding, ice and rock climbing trips. She has since left the valley on occasion to guide sea kayaking in Mexico, as well as ice climbing, sea kayaking, and mountaineering expeditions in Alaska. Currently Amy splits her time between the waves and mountains. Teaching outdoor education in California, with her downright love for adventure here in Crested Butte.

Scott came to Gunnison to study Biology and Chemistry and was happy to discover the close proximity to excellent backcountry skiing, rock climbing, ice climbing, and mountain biking and chose CBMG to work in the environment that he loves. While at Western State College, Scott has skied all over the Elk Mountains and Colorado, climbed numerous routes in the Black Canyon, and topped out on many desert towers. he also mountain bike races, randonee rally races, adventure races, and cross country ski races. Scott is also a mission coordinator for the Western State Mountain Rescue Team and has his Wilderness First Responder and Avy II certifications.

Kimberly was a city gal at heart, or so she thought, until her older brother left Virginia to attend Western State College in 1998. Since then, she was introduced to and become attached to the very things that Crested Butte is known for: mountain biking, hiking, skiing, backpacking and ultimately, finding tranquility and fulfillment through the outdoors. The passion instilled from Crested Butte has led her to search for the same kind of excitement around the world, from exploring the mountains of New Zealand to summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro. Now residing in Crested Butte once again, she continues to look for adventure each day and enjoys having a multitude of options right in her ‘backyard’!