State Of The Backcountry
Brennan Lagasse
Home Base: West Shore, Lake Tahoe, California
Education
◦BA Colgate University, N.Y.
◦MA and Two Graduate Credentials, Humboldt State University, CA
◦PhD student in Sustainability Education, Prescott College, AZ
◦AIARE Level I and II Avalanche Certifications
◦CPR Certified
◦Wilderness First Responder 2009, Recert 2012, 2015, 2018
◦Trained in Crevasse Rescue and Glacier Travel; Rope Works Training, 2012, 2014, 2015
◦Leave No Trace Certified
Employment
Sustainability Program Chair, Assistant Professor, Sierra Nevada College
Freelance Writer/Photographer: Ski Industry, Travel, Action Sports, Music, Sustainability
Ski Guide: Points North; Ice Axe Expeditions; 40 Tribes; Homewood; NASTC
Biocultural Innovator: Regenerate Media
Social Media
Facebook State of the Backcountry
Ski/Guide Work
Extensive Backcountry Skiing and Ski Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, CA and throughout North America
Several Backcountry Focused Ski Trips Throughout Alaska
Ski Descents on all 7 of the World’s Continents; First Descents on 6 Continents; Guiding on 5 Continents
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
International Snow Science Workshop (ISSW) Attendee/Volunteer, Squaw Valley, 2010
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, 2015
Trained Guides and Guiding for Homewood Snowcat Adventures, Lake Tahoe, CA, 2016-present
Private Ski Guide, NASTAC, Lake Tahoe, CA, 2016-present
Sailboat and Ski co-guide for Ice Axe Expeditions, Iceland, 2016
Expedition Support Team, Kaktovik, Alaska, February, 2017 and Polar Bear filming/guide support, 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
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, 2020
Ambassador/Athlete:
Flylow, 2016-present
Praxis Skis, 2012-present
Intuition Liners, 2012-present
Hestra, 2016-present
Alpenglow Sports, 2012-present
Winter Wildlands Alliance, 2014-present
Protect Our Winters (POW) Alliance, 2018-present
Julbo USA, 2014-present
Honey Stinger, 2014-present
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Field Work:
Arctic Village cross-cultural field courses- 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
Kaktovik field work-2017, 2018, 2019 with 2018 river/ski expedition
Washington D.C. lobbying with Sierra Club and Alaska Wilderness League May, 2018, and with Protect Our Winters May, 2019
Numerous slideshows, activist workshops, and action events
Presenter:
Conferences: The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (2015; 2016); 11th International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability (2015); California Avalanche Workshop (2014); South Lake Tahoe Sustainability Symposium (2009), North Coast Regional Conference and Education Summit (2005; 2007), Wild and Scenic Film Festival (2004)
Slideshows: Chugach, AK (2011 The Backcountry, 2012 Alpenglow Sports); Svalbard (2013, Alpenglow Sports); Greenland (2014, Tahoe Art Haus & Cinema); Kullu Valley, Gulmarg Kashmir, Indian Himalaya (2015, Tahoe Art Haus & Cinema); Iceland (2016, Tahoe Arts Haus & Cinema); Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (2017, 2018, 2019 Alpenglow Sports; 2018, 2019 Mammoth Lakes Adventure Series); Indian Himalaya (2017, Tahoe Arts Haus & Cinema); Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (2020, Patagonia-Reno, Friends of the Inyo, Bishop, CA)
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