Trusted Mountain Travel Experts

Professional Yosemite guide and founder of Yosemite Life (yosemite.life). NPS-permitted for guided backpacking trips and day hikes in Yosemite National Park under a Commercial Use Authorization. Completed all 63 U.S. National Parks over years of road trips, van life, and backcountry travel. Years of experience in Yosemite across all four seasons, including winter backpacking and snow camping. Wilderness First Aid and Leave No Trace certified. Yosemite expertise: trail conditions and route planning, wilderness permits and the recreation.gov lottery system, Half Dome permits, bear safety and food storage, high sierra backpacking logistics, campgrounds, and trip planning for first-timers through experienced hikers. Broader national parks: trip planning for any of the 63 parks, road trip routing, campground strategy, seasonal timing, park history, geology, wildlife behavior. Visitor strategy for Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Zion, Glacier, Rocky Mountain, Grand Teton, Acadia, Great Smoky Mountains, and Joshua Tree, plus remote parks like Gates of the Arctic, Katmai, Isle Royale and the Dry Tortugas. Wildlife and safety: bear encounters, wildlife encounters with elk and mountain lions, wildlife viewing ethics, solo hiking and backpacking safety, emergency preparedness, satellite communicators, backcountry navigation. Gear and preparation: backpacking and hiking gear, layering systems, ultralight packing, hiking fitness, altitude acclimatization. Photography: landscape, wildlife, night sky and astrophotography, smartphone photography outdoors. Conservation: park overcrowding, reservation systems, Leave No Trace, impacts of social media on parks, public lands policy. Van life: van build, overlanding, dispersed camping, boondocking, road trip planning, living on the road full time, mobile office setups. Remote work: Starlink for vans, Starlink Mini for backcountry, mobile routers, cellular bonding, dual-carrier mobile setups, digital nomad productivity. Small business: launching an outdoor guide business, NPS permitting, solopreneurship, transitioning from corporate tech to an independent outdoor career, running a business from the road.

Laurel is the founder of Monkeys and Mountains Adventure Travel, named after the two things she loves most. She started it as an adventure travel blog 10 years ago and for the past several years has focused on offering primate tours in Madagascar and hiking tours in Europe. In addition, Laurel has a marketing background and shares her passion for digital marketing by offering digital marketing consulting to tour operators and travel companies. She’s been featured in high profile publications including National Geographic, BBC Travel, The Guardian and The Telegraph. Laurel’s a sought after speaker having spoken at ITB Berlin (3 times), WTM London, WTM Dubai, NBE Finland, TBEX Athens, TBC Asia Colombo and the Romanian Digital Travel Conference. TravelMassive recently included her in their “100 Inspiring Women Travel Founders” list. When not hard at work, you’ll find her volunteering with monkeys or hiking in the Alps.

I am a trekking Guide and adventure traveller from Nepal. I have been Handling Adventure Trekking, Expeditions, cultural, and Wildlife Tours in Nepal, Tibet, and Bhutan since 2006. I love showing new people new places and giving them experiences they'll never forget. I have several past and current clients recommending me and my team, whom you can contact directly. This is, in fact, our best advertisement. Now I am working with smaller and more private groups through this. I love to travel around the world and share my experiences.

As the founder of Himalayan Rides and a former national mountain bike champion, I specialize in leading high-altitude motorcycle and MTB expeditions across Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet. With over 20 years of experience mapping remote trails like the Great Himalayan Trail, I focus on delivering technically precise, "local-first" adventures that have been featured by Red Bull and National Geographic. My mission is to combine elite logistics with a deep commitment to sustainable, community-focused exploration.

I’m Balaram Thapa, the founder and CEO of Nepal Hiking Team, a leading agency offering trekking and adventure tours across Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet. With over 20 years of hands-on experience in the tourism industry, I specialize in designing safe, culturally rich, and memorable trekking experiences in the Himalayas. My journey began as a trekking porter and evolved into leading one of Nepal’s most trusted adventure companies. This deep field experience—combined with a strong commitment to sustainable travel—gives me a unique perspective on high-altitude trekking, traveler safety, and authentic Himalayan exploration.

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Davide is Founder and Director at Exped Tribe GmbH, an expedition travel and mountain guiding company operating worldwide. As a determined alpinist, always in search of new vertical challenges, he is particularly passionate about mountain sports, unspoiled landscapes, and foreign cultures. In recent years, Davide's travels with his guests have taken him from the Arctic to the far east of Kamchatka territories, to the Bolivian Andes and to extreme altitudes all around the world.

Sarah Storm is an experienced environmental educator and the School Programs Manager at Yampatika, specializing in developing and delivering Colorado state standards–aligned outdoor and environmental education programs across Northwest Colorado. With a background in teaching, environmental science, water education, Indigenous land stewardship, and hands-on field science, she collaborates closely with schools, community partners, and land management agencies to create meaningful learning experiences for students from preschool through high school. Sarah is known for her operational strength, program leadership, and her ability to build lasting partnerships with organizations such as Colorado Parks & Wildlife, Trout Unlimited, NRCS, the Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District, and other local conservation nonprofits. She is also a CSU Extension Master Gardener and contributes regularly to community education through articles, outreach events, and place-based gardening and ecology instruction. Dedicated, creative, and deeply committed to expanding environmental literacy, she works to foster student curiosity and connect youth to the natural landscapes of the Yampa Valley and the surrounding Northwest Colorado region.

Car-free & Scotland outdoor travel expert Founder of Little Lost Travel, a go-to resource for car-free and sustainable outdoor travel in Scotland with 20,000+ monthly readers. With over a decade exploring Scotland’s outdoors, I share practical advice on train journeys, accessible walks, and ethical wildlife experiences. My goal is to inspire deeper connections with nature and encourage responsible travel that safeguards Scotland’s landscapes and wildlife.

With 10+ years of experience in the cycling travel industry, Romuald Barboteau is the Co-Founder of Veymont Travel, a boutique agency specializing in fully-supported, private cycling tours across France and Europe. Based between the Alps and Provence, he helps North American travelers discover the 'hidden soul' of France through slow luxury and off-the-beaten-path routes. From the iconic climbs of the Tour de France to secret vineyards, his focus is on merging premium logistics with authentic cultural immersion. His expertise spans from France’s most legendary destinations to its most secluded, hidden gems.

Sarah Schupp is a senior communications and marketing leader specializing in the outdoor retail, snow sports, and mountain lifestyle industries. She currently leads public relations, content, and brand storytelling for Christy Sports, the largest specialty ski and snowboard retailer in the Rocky Mountains, with more than 50 locations across Colorado, Utah, Montana, and Washington. With deep experience across PR, earned media, brand strategy, and executive communications, Sarah helps connect national and regional media with timely, expert insight on skiing and snowboarding trends, gear innovation, outdoor retail, consumer behavior, and mountain-town culture. She works closely with Christy Sports’ long-tenured staff and in-store experts to translate technical knowledge into accessible, real-world advice for skiers, riders, families, and outdoor enthusiasts. Sarah has led PR and communications efforts that have earned coverage in outlets including Outside, Ski Magazine, Men’s Journal, The Denver Post, Travel + Leisure, and regional TV and radio across the Mountain West. Her work spans seasonal gear guides, winter travel trends, community partnerships, youth access initiatives, and the evolving role of specialty retail in supporting outdoor participation and local economies. Before Christy Sports, Sarah served as Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Infleqtion (formerly ColdQuanta), where she led global brand strategy, media relations, and executive positioning in the deep-tech and quantum computing sectors. She brings a rare combination of consumer brand storytelling and highly technical communications expertise, making her a trusted source on how innovation, retail, and culture intersect. Sarah is based in Boulder, Colorado, and is especially interested in speaking with reporters covering outdoor recreation, skiing and snowboarding, retail trends, mountain communities, family participation in winter sports, and the human side of getting people outside. She believes strongly that outdoor access and expert guidance matter, because Outside is Better.

Outdoor, travel, and lifestyle writer with over two decades of lived stories and hundreds of articles published. I have penned three books on craft beer, traveled to multiple foreign countries and every U.S. state. I currently write hunting and fishing-based articles for onX Hunt and serve on the Board of Directors for the Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA). I'm happy to consider traveling to your neck of the woods to create unique content.

Experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the leisure, travel & tourism industry. Skilled in Leisure Travel, Tour Operators, Incentive Travel, Hotel Management and Hospitality Industry. Strong business development professional focused in Operations, Finance, and Marketing from Cornell University.

I am the founder and owner of MUV Relocation LLC, a fully licensed and insured professional moving company operating within Denver and throughout the entire front range community in Colorado. MUV Relocation was founded in 2017 under a former moniker and has grown to become one of the most awarded moving companies in the Denver region.

Jared Sternberg is a passionate champion for the environment and its communities. With his company, Gondwana Ecotours, he has become a leader in sustainable travel. Raised in a home where sustainability was not only taught, but practiced, Jared understood the importance of preserving the environment around him at an early age. His awareness and appreciation for the world inspired a thirst for travel that began in his adolescence and continued into adulthood. At the University of California, San Diego, Jared pursued an International Studies and Spanish Literature degree. During his studies, he spent a semester abroad in Barcelona to immerse himself in the local language and culture. Following this, he backpacked across Europe, which solidified his belief in the transformative power of travel. Upon graduating, Jared left California again in search of meaningful travel experiences. His journeys led him to Africa, where he worked with locals in Ghana to build a vocational school. Inspired by their resilience and commitment to creating positive social change, Jared reflected more deeply on inequity, privilege, and his role in shaping a better world. As a result, between 2010 and 2013, Jared studied environmental and human rights law at Tulane University’s Law School in Louisiana, hoping to positively impact communities through legal action. During his studies, he continued broadening his perspective by working with locals in Ecuador, Cuba, Brazil, Panama, Nicaragua, Alaska, and more. During this time, Jared had a pivotal realization– working with local communities to improve the conditions of the places he traveled to provided a profound and direct impact on the world. While legal actions are a necessary piece of the puzzle, after observing the sustainable projects of ecolodges that he frequented and worked with, Jared began to see tourism as a powerful channel for redistributing resources and educating others. This realization sparked the vision of Gondwana Ecotours. Jared aspired to create a small, sustainable tour operation whose mission was to generate positive change for the destinations and communities it visited. The tours would emphasize nature, wildlife, and local culture to create unique experiences that foster genuine connections between the traveler and the places they explore. In 2013, he founded Gondwana Ecotours, dedicating to serving the communities he worked with, the destinations he cherished, and for you–the intrepid traveler seeking meaningful, sustainable travels off the beaten path. When he’s not working with his global team office or collaborating on-site with local vendors, Jared resides in Homer, Alaska, with his wife Ashley, son Levi, and dog Leeroy. In his spare time, Jared enjoys wildlife viewing and photography, playing and watching soccer, and practicing the drums and piano.

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As a Luxury Travel Advisor and founder of Awaken Travels, I believe travel is more than just a vacation – it's a transformative journey that opens minds, changes perspectives, and awakens the soul. With nearly a decade of experience crafting exceptional travel experiences, I lead a team of specialized travel advisors who share my passion for creating meaningful journeys. * My approach to travel planning is deeply rooted in my background of serving and advocating for others. Whether I'm designing a multi-generational family adventure, coordinating a destination wedding, or arranging a luxury cruise, I bring the same dedication to understanding each client's unique story and dreams. At Awaken Travels, we specialize in: * Luxury Travel Design Destination Weddings Transformative Group Travel Cultural Immersion Experiences Cruise & Resort Vacations Beyond travel planning, I serve as Vice President of ASTA's Chattanooga Chapter and actively contribute to my community as Executive Director of Keep Soddy-Daisy Beautiful. This dual commitment to global exploration and local engagement allows me to create positive change through both travel experiences and community initiatives. As a certified specialist in multiple destinations and travel styles, I combine deep industry knowledge with personal care to ensure each journey exceeds expectations. My mission is to help you explore the world in ways that inspire personal growth and create lasting memories. Let's connect and explore how I can help create your next extraordinary journey: awakentravels.com 541-944-0563 cindi@awakentravels.com #LuxuryTravel #TravelAdvisor #DestinationWeddings #TravelPlanning #LuxuryLifestyle #TravelExpert

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I am a travel journalist with bylines in New York Times, The Guardian, BBC Travel, CN Travel and more. I run the anti-overtourism travel blog Shortcuts and Sidequests, dedicated to sustainable adventures. If you are writing about sustainable travel, eco-tourism, or solo female adventures, please get in touch, I will be happy to answer your questions.