BRENNAN LAGASSE
TOURING GUIDE
Brennan Lagasse has been guiding for Points North Heli since 2011, helping co-create the heli-touring program, Tour Camp. As a ski guide and athlete, Brennan has worked across the world on numerous international expeditions. He calls the Sierra Nevada home and enjoys skiing in the Range of Light as much as possible, but he still find skiing in the Chugach Mountains of Alaska the pinnacle of the sport. Brennan is also a college professor at the University of Nevada Reno at Lake Tahoe campus. He lives in Washoe territory on the West Shore of Lake Tahoe with his partner Jillian, and their little ripper daughter, Mika.
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Prescott College, Prescott, AZ. Ph.D. Sustainability Education
Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA. M.A. Environment and Community
Graduate Degree Certificate in Natural Resources: Planning
Graduate Degree Certificate in Natural Resources: Policy and Administration
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY. B.A. Sociology and Anthropology
Leave No Trace Certification: Outdoor Education, Fall 2000
Wilderness First Responder Certification (WFR) 2009 with American Heart Association CPR provider. WFR Recert, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2021
American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE) Level I & II certifications
Rope Works, Reno, NV 2012, 2014, 2015 and Petzel Institute, Salk Lake City, UT 2022
Advanced Crevasse Rescue Certification and Ski Guide Rescue Training
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Extensive Backcountry Skiing and Ski Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada Range and the Lower 48, with notable ski descents of Middle Palisade, Mt. Williamson. Mt. Mendel, Split Mountain, Mt. Rainer, and the Grand Teton
Ski Descents on all 7 of the World’s Continents; First Ski Descents on 6 Continents; Ski Guiding on 5 Continents
Assistant Guiding on Denali, AK for Mountain Trip, 2010
Assistant to Ice Axe Expeditions and Warren Miller Ent., Antarctica, 2009;
Antarctic Ski Guide for Ice Axe Expeditions 2015, 2016, 2017; Out of Bounds 3D IMAX film guide, 2018
Preliminary Backcountry Feasibility Study, Points North Heli-Adventures, Chugach Mountains, Alaska, 2011; Alaskan Backcountry Ski Guide 2012-present;
Helicopter and Backcountry Ski Guide for Warren Miller Ent., 2015; Backcountry Ski Guide for Finding the Line Film, 2017
Co-guide to 79 degrees north for Ice Axe Expeditions, Arctic Norway (Svalbard), 2013
Member of Exploratory Ski Expedition, Including Feasibility Study for Future Guests, Sisimiut, Greenland, 2014 ; Return Expedition, 2015, 2017, 2019
Guiding in Gulmarg, Kashmir Himalaya for the Adventure Project, 2015
Sailboat and Ski co-guide for Ice Axe Expeditions, Iceland, 2016
Expedition Support Team, Kaktovik, Alaska, February, 2017;
Polar Bear filming/guide support Out of Bounds 3D IMAX film, May, 2019
Co-guide, Exploratory Ski Expedition to the Kang Yatze Massif, Indian Himalaya, with a successful first ski descent from 20,084′, June 2017
Exploratory ski descents in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska via rafting expedition, 2018;
Numerous expeditionary/experiential educational trips to the Arctic Refuge 2014-present
Guiding in Siberia, Russia for 40 Tribes, December, 2018
Guiding in Kyrgyzstan for 40 Tribes, January and February, 2019
Guiding in Georgia for 40 Tribes, January, 2020
Guiding in Lofoten and Lyngen Alps, Norway, 2019
Backcountry Ski touring and Operations Consulting, Shar Outdoors, Macedonia, January, 2020
Athlete/Cultural Sustainability Role for Snowhunters Film, Altai Mountains, China, January,
2020Trained Guides and Guiding for Homewood Snowcat Adventures, Lake Tahoe, CA, 2016-present
Private Ski Guide, NASTAC, Lake Tahoe, CA, 2016-present
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