Ski Divas LLC

Jessica is the founder, head coach, and lead guide for Ski Divas LLC, Women’s Ski Camps. She grew up in Sandpoint, Idaho in the Selkirk mountains. From a young age she built a successful ski racing career and in 1999 moved to Jackson Hole, Wyoming where she pursued her love for backcountry adventures, big mountains, climbing and skiing. She has won over five big mountain freeskiing competitions; landing such titles as 2000 North American Freeskiing Champion, 2004 US Freeskiing Nationals Champion, third overall Woman on the World Freeskiing Tour both 2004 and 2005, and more. Jessica is an AMGA Certified Ski and Alpine Guide and an active PSIA level III DECL (Division Education Clinic Leader) for the Intermountain West and a trainer for the Jackson Hole Ski School. Jessica began teaching skiing in 1998 and started mountain guiding in 2004. She has guided and coached steep skiing camps and women’s camps all over the world including: Jackson Hole, British Columbia, Idaho, Alaska, Norway, the Arctic, Greenland, Argentina, and France. In the spring Jessica spends her time heli-ski guiding in Alaska, currently for Pulseline Adventure, and formerly for SEABA in Haines, AK, and Alaska Rendezvous Heli-Guides near Valdez, AK, and was one of the first women heli-ski guides for the operation. Jessica is a lead guide for Exum Mountain Guides year round in the disciplines of ski mountaineering, alpine climbing, and rock climbing. Jessica is AAI Avalanche Level III guide certified and an avalanche education instructor for the American Avalanche Institute. She has her WFR (Wilderness First Responder), and professional CPR-AED certification. Jessica is an avid climber, alpinist, and ski mountaineer, and has skied such peaks as the Grand Teton, La Meije Pan d’Radou, Cosmiques-Mont Blanc, Gannet Peak, WY, Denali, AK, and has landed first descents in Greenland, Svalbard, Alaska’s Chugach, Wrangell-St Elias, and Chillkat range, Idaho’s Sawtooths, Wyoming’s Tetons, and Canada’s Purcell and Selkirk mountain ranges.