Will Paden

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Avalanche Forecaster/Professional Ski Patroller. Avalanche Control,Explosives, and Rescue Instructor. Avalanche Control Route Leader. Squaw Valley Ski Patrol. Olympic Valley, CA. 96’-current.
• Director of W.A.R.I. Weinel Avalanche Research Institute L.L.C. Development team for The AVI VEST. 05’-current. Olympic Valley, CA.
• Helicopter Ski Guide. Points North Heli-Adventures. Cordova, AK. 02’-current.
• Home Builder. 92’-current.
• Professional Ski Patrol. Northstar at Tahoe. Truckee, Ca. 95-96.
• Professional Ski Patrol. Mad River Glen. Waitsfield, VT. 94/95.
• Professional Ski Instructor. Sugarbush Ski Resort. Waitsfield, VT. 91‘-93’.
• Founder, Kinbasket Adventure Heli-tours. Revelstoke, BC. 92-96.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION

• B.S. University of Vermont. Recreation Management. Burlington, VT.
• Level 3 Avalanche cert. American Avalanche Institute. Jackson, WY. 99’.
• American Mountain Guide Association. Level 1 Ski Guide course. Alpine Skills International. Donner, CA. 00’.
• Wilderness-EMT certified. SOLO. North Conway, New Hampshire. (93‘).
• CARDA. Canadian Avalanche Rescue Dog Association. Certified dog Handler with Rasco. Squaw Valley Ski Patrol, Olympic Valley, Ca. 00’-current.
• Ca. Blasters’ license.
• All Mountain Ski Pro. (AMSP). Certified Instructor.

RELATED SKILLS

• Extensive experience in all types of climbing, skiing, and guiding, ranging from high-altitude alpine climbing in the Himalayas (Ama Dablam 99’), to high-level ski descents in Alaska. (Denali 00’).
• Over 15 years of ski mountaineering throughout the High Sierra, Chugach, Cascades, Alaska Range, Tetons, Canadian and Colorado Rockies, Selkirks and Monashees, the White Mountains, and the French Alps.