KENT MCBRIDE has been a full time ski and climbing guide for many years. During the last six summers he has worked for Exum Mountain Guides as well as for the Alpine ski guides at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. During the last nine winters he has worked for Alaska Backcountry Adventures as well as Valdez Heli-Ski Guides in Alaska. During the winter of 2004 Kent was hired as head guide for the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort and also became a certified Ski Mountaineering Guide with the American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA). Overall, guiding technical terrain is the type of work he enjoys the most. 

Much of his experience has come from spending several winters climbing and skiing in the French Alps, trips to Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and a successful trip with a first ascent (22,000') in the Kun Lun Range, Tibet. In 2005, he climbed to the Central Summit of Shishapangma with a first ski descent of the Untch coulior.  Kent has had many successful forays such as climbing Astroman and single day ascents of El Capitan and Half Dome (all in Yosemite), the first ski descent of the CMC route of Mt. Moran, a single day completion of the Grand Traverse in the Teton Range and climbing and skiing Mt. Blanc in France in a day.  Last spring Kent and Doug Coombs ski guided the 4th client down the Grand Teton.