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Meet our guides:
JIMBO COLLINS - JIM CONWAY - MIKE DAVIDSON - ROB DURNELLBILL DYER - MIKE DUNN - CLARK FYANS - GEOFF GROSSGREG HARMS  - JEFF HOKE - JON HUNT  - DAVID MARCHI - KENT MCBRIDE - TOMMY MOE - JEREMY NOBIS - LIZ OAKES - MIKE OVERCAST - CHRIS OWENSMIKE RHEAM  - MILES SMART - DARWON STONEMANLEL TONE - JOE VALLONE - MIKE WELCH

Liz Oakes  climbing the Breche du RateauLiz Oakes grew up skiing in Aspen, Colorado. Since 2003, she has spent her winters in the French Alps.  She has made many steep ski mountaineering descents including the Glacier Rond and the Couloir du Cosmiques in Chamonix; the Pan de Rideau and the Polichinele in La Grave, France; and various descents in Alaska’s Chugach range. Liz has also skied from 7,200 meters on Shishapangma in Tibet.

Liz began guiding in 2001 for Aspen Expeditions.  She has worked for Exum Mountain Guides in the Tetons since 2002.  Liz is currently the director of Steep Skiing Camps Worldwide and Smart Mountain Guides.  Aside from her skiing accomplishments, Liz has completed long free climbs in Yosemite and Squamish, BC and a one-day ascent of the Cathedral Traverse in the Tetons.  She has also been on expeditions to the Himalaya including an ascent of Ama Dablam in Nepal and an attempt of Jupono in Sikkim, India.

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