A born and bred Montanan, Kaylee has always tended to a deeply-rooted love for wild places. She first clicked into skis before age two, and has been chasing that joyful feeling ever since. The pursuit of peaks and powder has shaped the entire trajectory of her life. She first encountered snow science and avalanches at a young age while following around her ski patroller dad on deep days, and has been passionately (re: obsessively) backcountry skiing for more than a decade. She has followed the draw of big mountains around the world, skiing and climbing in Alaska, the Alps, Japan, New Zealand, Nepal, and across the American West, developing a reverence for high peaks, and a respect for navigating risk in the backcountry. She studied Writing and French at MSU – Bozeman, passions that she continues to cultivate.

She has molded her love for the mountains into progression with guiding, amid other career pursuits, since 2015. She is an Advanced/Aspirant AMGA Ski Guide and holds a SAS Professional Level 2, among other certifications. When not teaching courses for SAS, Kaylee guides backcountry skiing and other alpine activities around Telluride, Colorado and mountaineering and skiing in the Alaska Range for Mountain Trip, including several trips to the summit of Denali. Kaylee is especially passionate about women’s specific education and amplifying and empowering women in the outdoors. Her stoke is endless for the continued journey with SAS, and she couldn’t be happier to be part of such an inspiring team of snow professionals.