The Telemark DECL (Division Education and Clinic Leader) team is a group of highly trained instructors who are responsible for running the various Telemark clinics and assessments that the Division offers.
Biography
How did you get your start in this career field? Needed money for college.
What inspired you to pursue the career you have today? Started out thinking that I was only going to teach skiing for a couple of seasons. Eventually I figured out that you can make a career out of teaching and that it is way more fun than a desk job.
What’s something you’ve always wanted to try but haven’t yet? Paragliding.
What surprised you most about working in this industry? You get to meet a lot of fun people from all over. Some of my best friends are from the ski industry!
What lesson are you most grateful for learning? Don’t over analyze every turn. Let them run and allow yourself to make some mistakes and have fun doing it.
Please list your hidden talent(s): Speak 4 languages.
Nate Carey
Telemark Discipline ManagerBiography
Originally from Connecticut, Nate grew up skiing at Ski Sundown and Mount Snow before his family moved to Santiago, Chile. The Andes mountains are where he caught the ski bug! While attending Syracuse University, Nate started instructing at Labrador Mtn in 1999. Soon after graduating, he went south again to work at Valle Nevado, Chile as an instructor and ski tech. Adaptive ski instruction became the primary purpose. Getting the wind back in someones face after an injury is always a unique and fascinating endeavor. Also, he has guided extended inbounds and backcountry tours in Chile and Argentina. Since 2007, Nate has called Victor, ID home. Travel, great food, friendships and skiing go hand in hand.
Originally from: Tarffville, CT
Favorite Skiers: Mikaela Shiffrin, Shane McConkey, Sage Cattabriga-Alosa
Biography
How did you get your start in this career field? Started teaching skiing after college and never stopped.
What inspired you to pursue the career you have today? People, meeting new people takes you on new adventures everyday.
What’s something you’ve always wanted to try but haven’t yet? Ocean sailing.
What surprised you most about working in this industry? Commitment of ski instructors.
What lesson are you most grateful for learning? You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink.
Please list your hidden talent(s): Urologic surgery.
Biography
How did you get your start in this career field? Teaching PE ski classes in college.
What inspired you to pursue the career you have today? Helping others realize their dreams in skiing and teaching.
What’s something you’ve always wanted to try but haven’t yet? Kiteboarding.
What surprised you most about working in this industry? That I could actually make a career of it.
What lesson are you most grateful for learning? Fail, fail, fail to succeed.
Please list your hidden talent(s): Baking and singing.
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Alpine L3 / Tele L3 / Track L3 / Backcountry L3
Home Area: Snow King, WY
Biography
I started cross country skiing as a fifth grader just outside Syracuse, New York. I graduated from Cortland State in 1990 with a Bachelor’s in Physical Education, and moved to Pocatello, Idaho in 1992. I began my ski teaching career with the Pocatello Parks and Recreation Program, and have taught cross country, telemark, and alpine skiing at the Mink Creek Nordic Center, Pebble Creek, Grand Targhee, and Jackson Hole. I have also coached junior cross country ski racing, and worked in ski retail. My other pursuits include almost anything outdoors and active, along with reading/writing, music, and spending time with family/friends.
Biography
Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, Ann grew up as the child of parents who are ski bums at heart. When she was five years old, her father took a six-week sabbatical from practicing law to teach skiing at Keystone Resort in Colorado. That year, and every year afterwards, while her parents both taught skiing, she and her two siblings attended the Keystone ski school.
A ski instructor since 2003, Ann likes to say that she was raised with an unusual expectation for the number of days on snow each year. That number has increased to well over 200, as she currently spends her winters in Jackson Hole, and her “summers” working in Ski Portillo, Chile. Ann works for the intermountain division as the current Nordic Discipline manager, a Nordic DECL, and an Alpine DECL.
Originally From: Pittsburgh, PA
Started Ski Instructing: 2003-2004 at Copper Mountain in Colorado
Favorite Skiers: Nina Oqvist, Marcus Caston
Why do you work in the ski industry? It’s a never ending project–both as a skier and as a coach.
What else do you do besides skiing? (hobbies, work) Run, ride bikes, travel. Instructor for the National Outdoor Leadership School.
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Home Mountain: Jackson Hole
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